Na Laetha Geal M'óige

Ag amharc tré m'óige

Is mé bhí sámh

Gan eolas marbh

Bhí mé óg san am,

Anois, táim buartha

's fad ar shiúil an lá.

Ochón 's ochón ó.

Na laetha geal m'óige

Bhí siad lán de dhóchas

An bealach mór a bhí romham anonn

Bhí sé i ndán domh go mbeinn, slán, slán.

(Repeat refrain)

(Translation:

The bright days of my youth

(In honor of my father and mother)

Looking back over my youth

I see I was contented

Without knowledge of death

I was young then

Now I am worried

During the course of the day.

(Oh sorrow!) [Alas and woe, oh.]

The bright days of my youth

Were full of hope

The big road that was before us then

Was what was destined to be,

Bye bye... )