And I Leave My Home

‘S Fágaim mo Bhaile [And I Leave My Home]
by Enya

Irish Gaelic :

‘S Fágaim mo Bhaile

Maidin ’s tús an lae
’s fágaim mo bhaile.
Tá mo chroíse go brón
’s fada ar shiúl m’óige.

Curfá:

Oíche ’s mé liom féin.
Spéartha dubh go domhain, a choích.
Ag cuimhneamh ar laetha a bhí
gan ghá agus gan ghruaim.
Éistim leis an ghaoth.
Uaigneas mór, go deo, a choích.

Deireadh an turas mór,
táim brónach, buartha ’s briste.
I mo dhiaidh nach mbeidh níos mó,
ach, tá sé i ndán dúinn, a pháistí.

ach, tá sé i ndán dúinn, a pháistí.

[Curfá [2]]

Is fada anois an lá
a d’fhág mé mo bhaile.
Níl áthas i mo shaol.
Níl ann ach an marbh.

Níl ann ach an marbh.

English :

And I Leave my Home

Morning and the start of the day
and I leave my home.
My heart is grieving
and my youth is long past.

Chorus:

Night and I am alone.
Endless deep black skies.
Recollecting the days that were
carefree and happy [1]
I listen to the wind.
Great loneliness, forever, and ever.

The end of the great journey,
I am sad, sorrowful, and broken.
After me, there will be nothing more,
but, it is our fate, children.

but, it is our fate, children.

[Chorus]

Long ago was the day
that I left my home.
There is no joy in my life.
Nothing is left except the dead.

Nothing is left except the dead.

1. Literally “without need and without gloom”.
2. This time, the curfá is intoned instead of being sung with words.