The music and friendship we've shared on this night
Shall comfort my heart when I roam.
The journey abhaile sees the moonlight;
God bless, dear friends, "Safe home."

The candles burn low; the fires will fade;
We've tarried with friends since the gloam.
The deepening snow lies soft in the glade;
God bless, dear friends, "Safe home."

The days have grown short; the nights have grown long;
We've wandered on land and on foam.
The heart shall find peace where roots have grown strong,
God bless, dear friends, "Safe home."

The love and the fellowship shared in my time
Shall follow me under the loam.
New journeys to make and new mountains to climb;
God bless, dear friends, "Safe home."

God bless, dear friends, "Safe home."

“Slán” is pronounced “s-lawn” and means “safe”
“abhaile” is pronounced “a-WALL-ye” and means “homeward”
“Slán abhaile” means “Safe home”
“cara” means “friend”; “mo chairde” means “my friends”

Slán abhaile, mo chairde