Curfa:

Trasna na dtonnta, dul siar, dul siar.

Slán leis an uaigneas is slán leis an gcian

Geal é mo chroí agus geal í an ghrian,

Geal bheith ag fileadh go hEirinn

[Bun Curfa:]

Chonaic mo dhóthair de thíortha í gcéin

Ór agus airgead, saibhreas an tsaoil.

Éiríonn an chroí 'nam le breacadh gach lae.

's mé ag druidim le duiche mo mhuintire.

agus [Curfa:]

Muintir am Iarthair 's iad cáirde mo chroí

Fáilte is feile beidh romham ar gach taobh.

Ar fhágail an tsaoil 's é ghuím ar an Rí,

Gur leo sin a chínfear I gcill mé.

agus [Curfa:]

Across the Waves

Chorus:

Crossing the waves going west, going west.

Goodbye to the loneliness & bye to the sadness

Bright is my heart and bright is the sun.

Bright to be returning to Ireland.

[End of Chorus:]

I saw my fill of unhappy lands.

Gold and silver, a wealthy way of life

The heart arises with the break of each day.

And me approaching ... my people.

And [Chorus:]

The western people are friends of my heart.

Welcome & hospitality before me on every side.

Having this life here I pray to the King.

To be stretched out in a churchyard with them