magglyn

Strimshey ny jeiryn veih sooilyn lhiannoo
Traa dy chooiley mygeart y mysh noa
Ny gow aggle my lhiannoo nagh gow shiu skeilley
Er yn oyr dy jeeaghym hayrts

Caddil my lhiannoo gow fea er tammylt
Lhiaym faggy dhyts
Verrym dyts graih as chass
As fud yn oie tanneeym ryht

Aalid ayns dty eddin, annym lane dy ghrayse
Magh as er y theill hie shiu
As ny bleintyn goll shagey as meer jeiryn sharroo
Ta dty onid slane ta shiu er reill

Nish ta shiuish gaase skee lesh eash
Mea lane boggey as arrys
Soie oo dty lomarcan ayns dty theill
Cur cooinaghtyn er nheyn ny yarrood oo

Strimshey ny jeiryn veih sooilyn shenn ven
Ayns seill gyn red erbee noa
Lhie oo sheese as fuiree er dty yee
Dty annym dty lhie dy cuin

As ersooyl veih’n vea ta shiu er vio cho liauyr
Dty lomarcan as ta shiu er jeet
Faag oo dty chynney lesh yn chreeney as oo
As yn cooinaghtyn er dty eddin

Here's the translation

How sad the tears from a baby’s eyes
When all around is new
Don’t fear my child you’ll find no harm
For I’ll look after you

Sleep my infant take rest for a while
I’ll lie next to you
I’ll give you love and warmth
Through the night stay with you

Beauty in your face, a soul full of grace
Out into the world went you
As the years go past and with few bitter tears
Your honour intact you have kept

Now that you are growing tired with age
A lifetime of joys and regrets
You sit alone in your own world
Remembering things you can’t forget

How sad the tears from an old lady’s eyes
In a world without anything new
You lie there and wait for your god
Your soul to calmly lie

Away from the life you have lived so long
Alone as you came
You leave your family with the knowledge you gave
And the memory of your name