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Ta’n arragh er jeet lesh feayraght as rio,
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The spring has come with cold and ice,
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Ta’n aer jeeaghyn quaagh dy mie;
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The sky looks well strange,
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My hig eh er sniaghtey ny kirree vees fo,
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If it does come to snow then the sheep will be under it,
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Eisht gow shiu dy gheddyn ad thie.
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Then you will go to get them home.
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Ta'n gheay feayr nish sheidey er voish yn niar hwoiae,
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The cold wind now blowing from the north east,
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As bodjalyn dorraghey gaase;
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And dark clouds growing,
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Nagh faag shiu ny kirree as colbeeyn mooie,
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Do not leave the sheep and the heifers out,
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As gow shiu kiarail jeh yn maase.
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And take care of the cattle.
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Son shimmey cretoor boght ta’n sniaghtey er stroie
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For many’s the poor creature the snow has destroyed,
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’Syn imbagh ta shaghey er gholl—
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In the season that has passed,
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T’ad mennick ve riojit ny lhie rish ny cleigh,
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They are often being frozen lying by the hedges,
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Ny rouail ersooyl reih yn oayll.
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Or wandering away from the home.
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Eisht jean shiu goaill tastey as kiarail ayns traa
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Then take notice and take care in time,
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Dy haglym ny shellooyn stiagh;
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To gather the herds in,
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As nish trog shiu erriu ayns soilshey yn laa
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And now get up in the light of day,
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Dy hauail yn maase veih yn chagh.
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To save the cattle from distruction.
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Ny eayin as yn keyragh gys fastee yn chlea,
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The lambs and the sheep? To the shelter of the hedge,
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Nish eiyrt shiu ad sheese veih yn clieau;
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Now drive them down from the mountain,
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As nyn moiraghyn neesht dy vod ad goaiil fea,
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And their mothers too so they can rest,
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Shen cliaghtey t’er ve er dy rieau.
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That is a custom that has always been.
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