| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 24. Do You Remember That Night? |
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| By Eugene O'Curry (Translated) |
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| DO YOU remember that night | |
| That you were at the window, | |
| With neither hat nor gloves, | |
| Nor coat to shelter you; | |
| I reached out my hand to you, | 5 |
| And you ardently grasped it, | |
| And I remained in converse with you | |
| Until the lark began to sing? | |
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| Do you remember that night | |
| That you and I were | 10 |
| At the foot of the rowan tree, | |
| And the night drifting snow; | |
| Your head on my breast, | |
| And your pipe sweetly playing? | |
| I little thought that night | 15 |
| Our ties of love would ever loosen. | |
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| O beloved of my inmost heart, | |
| Come some night, and soon, | |
| When my people are at rest, | |
| That we may talk together; | 20 |
| My arms shall encircle you, | |
| While I relate my sad tale | |
| That it is your pleasant, soft converse | |
| That has deprived me of heaven. | |
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| The fire is unraked, | 25 |
| The light extinguished, | |
| The key under the door, | |
| And do you softly draw it. | |
| My mother is asleep, | |
| And I am quite awake; | 30 |
| My fortune is in my hand, | |
| And I am ready to go with you. | |
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