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Chorus (after each verse): |
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A fhleasgaich òig as ceanalta |
Most amiable young man |
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'S tu leannan nan deas ghruagach |
You are the darling of the handsome women |
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Do ghaol a rinn mo shàrachadh |
Your love has troubled me |
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'S tha 'bhlàth siud air mo shnuadh-sa |
And has affected my beauty |
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Cha Ghall a tha nam' leannan-sa |
My love is not a Lowlander |
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Chan Aranach 's cha Tuathach |
He's neither Arranman nor a Northerner |
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Ach 's ann am Muile dh'àraicheadh |
But it was in Mull |
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MacPhàil an leadain dualaich |
That MacPhail of the ringletted hair was raised |
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Shiùbhlainn fad o m' dhaoine leat |
I would travel far from my people with you |
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Air long 'sa h-aodach suas rith' |
On a boat in full sail |
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Cho fad 'sa chuireadh gaoth sinn |
As far as the wind would drive us |
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'Gar saodachadh thar chuantan |
Across the ocean |
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Shiùbhlainn fada, fada leat |
I would travel a long, long distance with you |
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Cho fad 'san t-Eilean uaine |
As far as the green Island |
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Nan gealladh tu nuair thilleamaid |
If you would promise on our return |
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An snaidhm a chur nach fuasgladh |
To tie the knot which cannot be undone |
