You have set sails for the great journey,
You have set out for the long travel.
I have come to say farewell to you,
as to one who is gone for a while,
but whom we will meet again at the end of our own journey.

bring word from me to our ancestors,
our loved ones that have gone before.
Bring to them our love and our honor,
keep a place for me in their halls,
that we may all meet each other again at the end of the journey.

for a while I will not see your face among us,
and though I miss you and your company in my life,
you are still with me, and I with you.

you are a brave warrior
you may have fallen, but your name will live on



Go riabh míle maith agat

Caoimhín

I took a few liberties, one of those is changing all instances to the plural. But say if you want that changed back. It's not all a literal translation.


Tá na seolta crochta, is tú ag tosaigh ar d’aistear fada.
Tháinig mé le slán a ghabhail leat.
Ní bheidh tú imithe uainn ach seal, mar casadh muid leat aríst ag deireadh ár n-aistear féin.

Cuir in úil don sean-dream, iad súid atá imithe romhainn, ár ngrá agus ár ónóir, abair leo áit a chuir in aithraigh dúinn, sa gcaoi gur féidir linn castáil lena chéile aríst ag deireadh ár n-aistear féin.

Ar feadh scathadh ní bhfeicfidh muid thú inár measc,
aithróidh muid uainn thú, agus do chomhluadar inár shaol,
ach fós tá tú linn, agus muide leatsa.

Is trodaí cróga thú.
Cé go bhfuil tú tithe anois, mairfaidh d’ainm go deo.


Wait for spelling corrections, in particular. Everybody know how crap I am at that.

agus?

You could try putting a 7 in there, it'll do the job just as well

Just to explain to Celtic Murphy: There are old shorthand symbols (sometimes called "nods") which were used in writing Irish/Gaelic, and franc is pointing out that one of them, which closely resembles the number 7, can be used as shorthand for the word agus ("and").

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Go raibh míle maith agat!

Celtic Murphy asked me for a recording, so here goes. I hope it's ok.

https://app.box.com/s/3mqqs9r9tp9vdx381jlngjequgr6y105

Go raibh maith agaibh araon. Go h-álainn ar fad.
Maith dhaoib
Séamus

Here's another idea:
Do chrochais seolta don iomramh mór,
Don aistear fada do bhualais bóthar.
Do thánag chugat chun slán a ghabháil,
Leatsa, mar a mbeir imithe seal,
Ach a chasfaidh arís orm ag deireadh do thairdil.

Beir leatsa scéala chuig ár sinsir uaim,
Iad siúd a charamar is a cailleadh romhainn,
Tabhair dóibhsean ár ngrá, ár n-urraim, ár gcás,
Ina ndorchlaí neimhe coimeád domsa spás,
Go gcasaimid ar a chéile ag deireadh do thurais.

D'aghaidhse inár measc ní fheicfeadsa feasta,
Is cé go mbraithim uaim do chorp is do chuideachta,
Táir liomsa go fóill, is táimse farat.
Is tusa mo laoch, mo ghaiscíoch calma
A cloíodh is a cuireadh, ach mairfidh d'ainm go brách.