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Gu ma slàn a chì mi |
Healthy do I see you |
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Mo chailin dìleas donn |
My faithful brown-haired lass |
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Bean a chuailein réidh air |
Damsel of the well-groomed tresses |
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An deas a dh'éireadh fonn |
Singer of the songs |
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'Si cainnt do bheòil bu bhinne leam |
The words from your mouth so sweet for me |
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An uair bhiodh m'inntinn trom |
When my mind was melancholy |
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'S tu thogadh suas mo chridh' |
And you uplifted my heart |
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'Nuair bhiodh tu bruidheann riùm |
Whenever you spoke to me |
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Gur muladach a tà mi |
Despondent I am |
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'S mi nochd air aird a' chuain |
Tonight on the high seas |
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'S neo-shunndach mo chadal dhomh |
And uneasy my sleep |
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'S do chaidreamh fada bhuam |
Your companionship far from me |
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Gur tric mi ort a smaointeach' |
Often do I think of you |
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As t'aogais tha mi truagh |
As your image leaves me sad |
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'Is mar a dean mi d' fhaotainn |
And if I can not have you |
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Cha bhi mo shaoghal buan |
My world will not last |
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Tacan mu'n do sheòl sinn |
A short time before we sailed |
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Is ann a thòisich càch |
That's when others began |
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Ri innse do mo chruinneag-sa |
To tell you, my own darling |
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Nach tillin-sa gu brath |
That I would not return |
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Na cuireadh sud ort gruaimean |
Do not let that disturb you |
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A luaidh, ma bhios mi slàn |
My dear, if I am well |
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Cha chùm dad idir 'uat mi |
Nothing will ever keep me from you |
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Ach saighead chruaidh a'bhàis |
But the cold arrow of death |
