Aréir is mé téarnamh ar neoin
Ar ar dtaobh eile 'en teóra seo thiós
Do thaobhnaigh an spéirbhean im' chomhair
D'fhág taomanac breoite lag tinn
Le haon ghean dá méin is dá cló
Dá bréithre 's dá beol tanaí binn
Do léimeas fá dhéin dul 'na treo
Is ar Éirinn ní neosfainn cé hí

Last night in strange fields as I roved
Such a vision I passed on my way
A young woman so fair to behold
That in seconds my heart was astray
Oh she reached out a welcoming hand
But I knew that it never could be
And before I could kiss her sweet lips
She had vanished forever from me