I don't know who made this translation, which is posted on the Celtic Lyrics Corner website
BREISLEACH - translation into English
I went to the hazelwood yesterday Seeking hazelnuts for food But on every branch and twig Was your pursuing face I went to the shell shore yesterday To gather cockles for a meal Every single shell was filled with Your beauty, my love
I went to the alehouse To expel you from my head Every glass I raised, your beauty Overflowed from it I went early to bed last night To escape you in sleep But you did not let me sleep 'til I made you a song
I'd wish to be free of your pursuit But that we are apart Let your presence replace my image of you And how I'd rejoice You've reduced me to foolish babbler Tiring friends with praise of you When you return they'll see that My words are true
They'll see mountains dance with ripples Mole and eagle step the reel Red rasp held by kind sea-tangle Sport before their eyes They'll see you and I make merry Lip to lip, our breath as one Caressing thus forever Together, our reward