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Cha dìrich mi bruthach |
I will not climb to slope |
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'S cha siubhail mi mòinteach |
And I will not travel the moors |
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Dh' fhalbh mo ghuth cinn |
My voice has failed me |
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'S cha seinn mi òran |
And I will not sing a song |
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Cha chaidil mi uair |
I will not sleep an hour |
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O Luan gu Didòmhnaich |
From Monday until Sunday |
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'S mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh |
And my black-haired lad |
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'Tighinn fo m' ùidh |
Has caught my attention |
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Mo ghille dubh ciar-dubh |
And my black-haired lad |
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'Tighinn fo m' ùidh |
Has caught my attention |
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Is truagh nach robh mise |
Oh would that I |
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'S an gille dubh ciar-dubh |
And my black-haired lad |
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'N aodann na beinne |
Were on the mountainside |
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Fo shileadh nan siantan |
Exposed to the elements |
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An lagan beag fàsach |
In a little deserted hollow |
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No 'n àit'-eigin dìomhair |
Or in a secret place |
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'S cha ghabh mi fear liath |
And I will not accept a gray-haired man |
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh |
And you on my mind |
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath |
And I will not accept a gray-haired man |
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh |
And you on my mind |
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Dh' òlainn do shlàinte |
I would drink your health |
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A ghille dhuibh chiar-dhuibh |
Black-haired lad |
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Dh' uisge dubh a' loin |
From the pool's dark water |
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Cho deònach 's ge b' fhìon e |
As willingly as I would drink wine |
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'S ged tha mi gun stòras |
And although I am without riches |
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Tha nas leòr tighinn gam iarrraidh |
Plenty come to court me |
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath |
And I would not take a gray-haired man |
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh |
And you on my mind |
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath |
And I would not take a gray-haired man |
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh |
And you on my mind |
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Mo ghille dubh bòidheach |
My beautiful black-haired lad |
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Ge gòrach le càch thu |
Though you sport with others |
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Dhèanainn do phòsadh |
I would marry you |
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Gun deòin do mo chàirdean |
Against the wishes of my relations |
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Shiubhlainn leat fada |
I would travel afar with you |
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Feadh lagan is fhàsach |
Throughout hollows and wilderness |
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'S cha ghabh mi fear liath |
And I would not take a gray-haired man |
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh |
And you on my mind |
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Cha ghabh mi fear liath |
And I would not take a gray-haired man |
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'S tu 'tighinn fo m' ùidh |
And you on my mind |
