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Tháinig long ó Valparaiso,

Scaoileadh téad a seol sa chuan;

Chuir a hainm dom i gcuimhne

Ríocht na greine, tír na mbua

‘Gluais,’ ar sí, ‘ar thuras fada

Liom ó scamall is ó cheo;

Tá fé shleasaibh gorm-Andes

Cathair scáfar, glé mar sheod…’

A ship came in from Valparaiso,

Let go her anchor in the bay,

Her name flashed bright, it brought to mind

A land of plenty, of sun and fame.

‘Come,’ she said, ‘on a long journey

Away from this land of cloud and mist;

Under the Andes’ blue-grey slopes

There’s a jewel city, by the sun kissed…’

From An Long (The Ship) by Pádraig de Brún, 1899—1960, translated from the Irish by Theo Dorgan.