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Och, ochan a righ |
Alas and alack |
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Gura tinn an galair an gradh |
What a deadly sickness is love |
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Chan eil neach air am bi |
There is none who suffers it |
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Nach saoil gura seach dainn gach la |
But feels every day is a week |
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Gunn bhrist e mo chridh |
It has broken my heart |
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'S gun sgaoil e cuislean mo shlaint |
And sapped the springs of my health |
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Bhith 'g amharc ad dheidh |
To keep gazing after you |
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A gheug a'bhrollaich ghil bhain |
Young of the fair white bosom |
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Ghil bhain |
White bosom |
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A bhuachaille bhain |
Fair-haired lad |
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Ma 's aill leat labhairt air thuis |
If you but care to speak first |
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Gura leatsa gun dail mo lamh |
My hand shall be yours without delay |
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Ma thig thu rim dluth |
If you come for me |
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Gur truagh mar ta |
Play it is true |
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Nach d'tharlaidh mis'agus thu |
You and I did not find ourselves |
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An eilein gun truagh |
On an island with no ebb |
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Gun ramh, gun choite, gun stiuir |
With no oar, no boat, no rudder |
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Gun stiuir |
No rudder |
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Na faiceadh sibh geug |
If you could see such a shoot |
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'S i 'g eirigh maduinn chiuin cheo |
Springing up on a calm misty morning |
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Le pearsa dha reiri iu |
With looks to go with it |
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Ceudan mhealladh 'nan doigh |
To win the hearts of thousands |
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Gur binne do bheul |
Sweeter is your voice |
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Na teudan thidheall ri ceol |
Than the strings of violins playing |
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Nach truagh leat mi 'd dheidh |
Can you not take pity on me |
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Leam fhein air cnoc ri bron |
Alone without you, lamenting on a knoll? |
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Ri bron |
Lamenting |
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Och, ochan a righ |
Alas and alack |
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Gura tinn an galair an gradh |
What a deadly sickness is love |
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Chan eil neach air am bi |
There is none who suffers it |
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Nach saoil gura seach dainn gach la |
But feels every day is a week |
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Gunn bhrist e mo chridh |
It has broken my heart |
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'S gun sgaoil e cuislean mo shlaint |
And sapped the springs of my health |
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Bhith 'g amharc ad dheidh |
To keep gazing after you |
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A gheug a'bhrollaich ghil bhain |
Young of the fair white bosom |
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Ghil bhain |
White bosom |
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Ghil bhain |
White bosom |
