O Lovely Head
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A Chinn Álainn
A chinn álainn na mná do ghrádhas
I lár na hoíche cuimhním ort
Acht filleann léargas le gile gréine
Mo léan an chnumh chaol dod’ chnaoi anocht!A ghlóir ionmhain dob íseal aoibhinn
An fíor go gcualas trém’ shuanaibh thú?
Nó an fíor an t-eolas atá dom’ bheoghoin?
Mo bhrón, sa tuamba níl fuaim ná guth!
O Lovely Head
O lovely head of the woman that I loved
In the middle of the night I remember thee
But reality returns with the sun’s whitening
Alas, that the slender worm gnaws thee tonight!Beloved voice, that wast low and beautiful
Is it true I heard thee in my slumbers?
Or is the knowledge true that tortures me?
My grief, the tomb hath no sound or voice!
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Last Updated 12 June 2005