Letras de We Are The Irish - The Wolfe Tones

We Are The Irish (original)

Like chaff in the wind we were cast from our shores
As emigrants, as exiles, as convicts, as slaves
For hundreds of years Ireland never saw peace
From the land that they loved they were forced o’er the seas
As soldiers of fortune in the Irish brigades
Our regiments condemned to the wars and the graves
The soldiers, the sailors, the Wild Geese, the weavers,
the rebels, the heroes, the helpless, the brave.
We are the Irish all over the world
My heart is with you, may the road rise to meet you
I will be with you always, all the days
Till the (Em)sun and the moon and the stars in the sky cease to shine
Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye
Oh, they left their homes so eerie and still
Generations were forced from the land that they loved
Their commerce all stifled, their industries run down
By taxes and landlords and goverments that ruled,
From wars and disease, as religious refugees,
a-fleeing the cruel penal laws and decrease,
the horrors of hunger has torn us asunder,
the young and the old are all scattered and gone.
Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye

(traducción)

Como paja en el viento fuimos arrojados de nuestras costas
Como emigrantes, como exiliados, como convictos, como esclavos
Durante cientos de años Irlanda nunca vio la paz
De la tierra que amaban fueron forzados a cruzar los mares
Como soldados de fortuna en las brigadas irlandesas
Nuestros regimientos condenados a las guerras y a las tumbas
Los soldados, los marineros, los gansos salvajes, los tejedores,
los rebeldes, los héroes, los indefensos, los valientes.
Somos los irlandeses de todo el mundo
Mi corazón está contigo, que el camino suba a tu encuentro
Estaré contigo siempre, todos los días
Hasta que el (Em) sol y la luna y las estrellas en el cielo dejen de brillar
Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye
Oh, dejaron sus hogares tan inquietantes y quietos
Generaciones fueron expulsadas de la tierra que amaban
Todo su comercio sofocado, sus industrias agotadas
Por impuestos y terratenientes y gobiernos que gobernaban,
De guerras y enfermedades, como refugiados religiosos,
a-huyendo de las crueles leyes penales y menguantes,
los horrores del hambre nos han desgarrado,
los jóvenes y los viejos están todos dispersos y desaparecidos.
Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye