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Migldi Magldi (English Translation)

(The title is the nonsense refrain repeated. There is no translation)

Agreeable and fun it is to see
The smithy door open
And the little blacksmith with his pitch-black face
Busily puffing (bellows) away.

Amusing and fun it is on a long winter's night
Being first to the smithy.
When it is snow and ice outside.
The best place is by the mantlepiece.

Amusing and fun is the sound of the bellows
Listening to stories, song and englyn (type of short poem)
When the company is at its merriest
You'll hear stories of many other nights.

When the oceans comes to the mountaintop
And it's two sides meet together
And rose bushes bear apples
That's when you will have me.

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