Don't tell me I'm dead when my heart is beating strong Though I'm down upon my knees I will rise in song And the voice of generations still to see the dawning day Will be heard on the mountains and the bay Hold, hold and live for the goal We still can save our soul Hold, hold and live for the goal And the anchors of our soul I was born to the bloodline and the land of the Gael And I won't lie down and watch the end of our tale We can't rewrite the past, but our future can be made And the road to change our story can be laid Hold, hold and live for the goal We still can save our soul Hold, hold and live for the goal And the anchors of our soul Seinn, seinn an duan Le guthan àrda gun ghruaim Seinn, seinn an duan Buan gu bràth In our day we stand now to lose it or to live We have one last chance before the lifelines give Use the history and the hope of our people and our plight To wake up now and see the morning light Hold, hold and live for the goal We still can save our soul Hold, hold and live for the goal And the anchors of our soul Seinn, seinn an duan Le guthan àrda gun ghruaim Seinn, seinn an duan Buan gu bràth We will walk to the future with the power of our past And the wounds long held will be healed at last And the rise of the Gael in our time will come From the old through the passion of the young Hold, hold and live for the goal We still can save our soul Hold, hold and live for the goal And the anchors of our Hold, hold and live for the goal We still can save our soul Hold, hold and live for the goal And the anchors of our soul Seinn, seinn an duan Le guthan àrda gun ghruaim Seinn, seinn an duan Buan gu bràth Seinn, seinn an duan Le guthan àrda gun ghruaim Seinn, seinn an duan Buan gu bràth