TA ME MO SHUI (trad.)
( I am awake )

I have not slept since the moon lit the heavens last night,
Just setting the fire and stroking the ember to light.
The household's retired and I am left here to sigh,
The roosters are crowing, all the world is asleep barring I.

My soul is enthralled with your mouth, your face and your brow.
For your sparkling blue eyes I abandoned contentment and glee,
Due to longing for you, I 'm unable to travel the way,
O friend of my bosom, the hills come between you and me.

Wise men proclaim that lovesickness can leave one unwell,
I did not believe it until my poor heart came under its spell,
A malais in my craze, I failed to ignore,
With a hundred and more aching pangs it's pierced my heart to the core.

I met a Banshee by the Fairyrath near Ballina,
I asked her politely if one could be cured of this "Gra."
She answered me kindly in tones so simple and low,
Once it set in the heart it cannot be freed evermore.