| |  |  | Ivan Milev, Teifigh, 1926 | 
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| tagaid as duifean imíonn siad as sa duifean
 cad tá á dtiomáint
 cuirimid lámh lenár gcroí
 sreang dheilgneach 'na thimpeall
 
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| they come from the gloom and vanish into the gloom
 fleeing we know not
 we put a hand to our heart
 it's surrounded by barbed wire
 
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