Ó dheas ó dheas in Dixie
(Briseann sé mo chroí)
Crochadh mo leannán dorcha
Ag Crosaire an Chrainn.
Ó dheas ó dheas in Dixie
(Corp basctha sa ghaoth)
D’fhiafraíos-sa de gheal-Íosa
‘An fiú an phaidir bhaoth?’
Ó dheas ó dheas in Dixie
(Briseann sé mo chroí)
An grá ina scáil tarnocht
Ar lomaghéag an chama-chrainn.
Langston Hughes
Song for a Dark Girl
Way Down South in Dixie(Break the heart of me)
They hung my black young lover
To a cross roads tree.
Way Down South in Dixie
(Bruised body high in air)
I asked the white Lord Jesus
What was the use of prayer.
Way Down South in Dixie
(Break the heart of me)
Love is a naked shadow
On a gnarled and naked tree.