Breandán does.

The problem here is that if you listen to what she’s singing, there are just too many vowels and too few consonants (not to mention too little variation in the consonants there are) for it to be any other language than perhaps Hawai‘ian. For example, she keeps repeating a variation over something like “A shū (r)ii ū i ō ea shū (r)ii ō ii ū”, which is quite clearly just sounds, not any discernable language.

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Not a native speaker.

Always wait for at least three people to agree on a translation, especially if it’s for something permanent.

My translations are usually GU (Ulster Irish), unless CO (Standard Orthography) is requested.

I suspect that アシュリン (A-shu-ring) is meant to be Aisling. Why? Because that's how my Japanese mother-in-law pronounces my daughter's name.

The lengthening has been introduced to fit the rhythm of the song and the final ン (ng) is very weak in Japanese, hence kk heard it as A shū (r)ii.

Another hint for that is that aisling can mean "dream" and the title of the song is Yume no Owari "the End of a Dream" (or "Dreams" - Japanese doesn't normally bother with a singular-plural distinction, let alone definite or indefinite articles.)

My guess is that the songwriter wrote the lyrics in Japanese, then got an Irish translation (from Mr Google perhaps) and then just pronounced it as if it were romaji, i.e. Latin-based spelling with no distinction between l and r or b and v.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Sounded like a tall order? Not on this forum!



And along came Breandán with personal experience of one of the words in question. You couldn't pay for it..... even with pop-up ads!

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Well, that is indeed bad.

Thank you all very much for your help! I love you guys!

Nick