| Like chaff in the wind we were cast from our shores
| Como paja en el viento fuimos arrojados de nuestras costas
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| As emigrants, as exiles, as convicts, as slaves
| Como emigrantes, como exiliados, como convictos, como esclavos
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| For hundreds of years Ireland never saw peace
| Durante cientos de años Irlanda nunca vio la paz
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| From the land that they loved they were forced o’er the seas
| De la tierra que amaban fueron forzados a cruzar los mares
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| As soldiers of fortune in the Irish brigades
| Como soldados de fortuna en las brigadas irlandesas
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| Our regiments condemned to the wars and the graves
| Nuestros regimientos condenados a las guerras y a las tumbas
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| The soldiers, the sailors, the Wild Geese, the weavers,
| Los soldados, los marineros, los gansos salvajes, los tejedores,
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| the rebels, the heroes, the helpless, the brave.
| los rebeldes, los héroes, los indefensos, los valientes.
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| We are the Irish all over the world
| Somos los irlandeses de todo el mundo
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| My heart is with you, may the road rise to meet you
| Mi corazón está contigo, que el camino suba a tu encuentro
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| I will be with you always, all the days
| Estaré contigo siempre, todos los días
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| Till the (Em)sun and the moon and the stars in the sky cease to shine
| Hasta que el (Em) sol y la luna y las estrellas en el cielo dejen de brillar
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| Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
| Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
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| aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye
| aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye
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| Oh, they left their homes so eerie and still
| Oh, dejaron sus hogares tan inquietantes y quietos
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| Generations were forced from the land that they loved
| Generaciones fueron expulsadas de la tierra que amaban
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| Their commerce all stifled, their industries run down
| Todo su comercio sofocado, sus industrias agotadas
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| By taxes and landlords and goverments that ruled,
| Por impuestos y terratenientes y gobiernos que gobernaban,
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| From wars and disease, as religious refugees,
| De guerras y enfermedades, como refugiados religiosos,
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| a-fleeing the cruel penal laws and decrease,
| a-huyendo de las crueles leyes penales y menguantes,
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| the horrors of hunger has torn us asunder,
| los horrores del hambre nos han desgarrado,
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| the young and the old are all scattered and gone.
| los jóvenes y los viejos están todos dispersos y desaparecidos.
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| Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
| Aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yaye-yaye,
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| aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye | aye-yaye-yaye, aye-yayeya-yaye-yaye |