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A nìgheanag, a gràidh |
My beloved girl |
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'S tu dh'fhàg an dochair 'nam cheann |
You have pained me |
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Air feasgar Di-ciadain 'nam shuidhe |
On Wednesday evening I am sitting |
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'S mi riasladh ri rann |
Struggling to compose a verse |
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Gum b'fheàrr a bhith sìnte |
I'd rather be stretched out |
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Gu socair 's gu sìobhalt' 'sa ghleann |
Quietly and peacefully in the glen |
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A' cadal le chéile |
Sleeping together |
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Fo dhuilleach nan geugan ud thall |
Under the branches over there |
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'S ann dhut-sa, mo leannan |
To you, my love |
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Thug mise mo chridhe 's mo chiall |
I gave my heart and my reason |
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Mo dhùsgadh, mo chadal, mo reult |
My waking, my sleeping, my star |
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Mo ghealach 's mo ghrian |
My moon and my sun |
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'S tu m'oidhche, mo mhaidainn, mo bhùrn |
You're my night, my morning, my water |
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Is m'anail 's mo bhiadh |
My breath and my food |
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'N àm éirigh is laighe |
At waking and lying down |
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'S tu fhéin an aingeal 'gam dhìon |
You are the angel protecting me |
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Nan robh mise 's mo leannan |
If my love and I were |
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Air sléibhtean farsaing an fraoich |
On the wide, heathery hill |
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Gun uallach mu éirigh |
Free from the burden of getting up |
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Ach laighe gu sèimh ann an gaol |
But lying peacefully in love |
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Toinnte le chéil' ann an sonas |
Entwined in happiness |
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Gun léireadh ri d'thaobh |
Without torment by your side |
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'S an oidhche le cleòca |
And the night's cloak |
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Gu buileach a' còmhdach an raoin |
Completely covering the plain |
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An saoghal ged 's farsaing |
Although the world is wide |
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Gum b'fheàrr a bhith tathaich 'sa' ghleann |
I'd rather be in the glen |
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Ri taobh na h-òg chailin |
Lying beside the young girl |
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Air thalamh is maisiche leam |
On the ground is more enticing to me |
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Bidh rìomhachd, a h-àilleachd |
Her elegance, her beauty |
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'S a grinneas gu bràth 'na mo cheann |
And her kindness will be on my mind |
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'S an lùchairt mo chridhe |
And in the palace of my mind |
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Bidh àite, mo nighean, dhut ann |
There will be a place for you, my girl |
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Thig fois air an talamh |
Stillness will descend on the world |
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Thig tosd air anail a' chuain |
And the breathing sea will be silent |
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Air tonnan a' chladaich |
The waves breaking on the shore |
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Thig tàmh is cadal car uair |
Will be at peace for a time |
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Èoin bheaga na doire |
The little birds of the grove |
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Ni fasgadh sona fo'n bhruaich |
Will take happy shelter under the bank |
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Ach mo ghaol-sa do m' leannan |
But my love for my darling |
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Ri m' bheo chan aithnich e suain |
Will never know rest |
