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Thoir mo shoraidh thar an t-sàile |
Convey my farewell across the sea |
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Null gu tir nam beanntan àrda |
Over to the land of the high mountains |
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Far an d'fhuair mi greis dhe m' àrach |
Where I spent part of my childhood |
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Air an àirigh anns an glinn |
On the pasture in the glen |
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Far am biodh an ceòl 's am mànran |
Where the hearty, friendly youths |
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Aig an òigridh chridheil, chàirdeil |
Would be full of music and song |
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Far am biodh na h-òrain Ghàidhlig |
There would be Gaidhlig songs |
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'N uair a biodh na h-àrmuinn cruinn |
And when the clan chiefs would gather |
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Far am biodh na h-òighean guanach |
Where the bright maidens |
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'S fhad a chluinnte fuaim an duanaig |
Would always be listening to the song's melodies |
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Dol le 'n cuman is le 'm buaraich |
Going with the milking pail and the fetters |
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Mach gu buailidh a' chruidh laoigh |
Out to the fields of milking cattle |
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Far am bheil na stùcan ceòthach |
Where there are misty peaks |
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Far am bheil am fraoch 's a' mhòinteach |
Where there is heather on the moor |
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Far an cluinnte guth na smeòraich |
Where the thrush's voice can be heard |
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Agus crònan aig na h-uillt |
And the murmur of the streams |
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Ach tha chuibhle nis air tionndadh |
But the wheel of time has now turned |
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'S gheibh sinn fhathast còir ar dùthcha |
And we still see the state of our country |
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'S theid na h-uachdarain a sgiùrsadh |
And the surfaces will be rippled |
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Mur a cum iad cothrom ruinn |
If chances are denied us |
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Bidh ar glinn 's ar srathan còmhnard |
Our glens and our smooth plains |
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Air an àiteach 's air an còmhdach |
Will be inhabited and sheltered |
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'S bidh na Gàidheil mar bu chòir dhaibh |
And the Gaels will be as they want to be |
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Gabhail còmhnuidh anns an tir |
Residing in their land |
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Thoir mo shoraidh thar an t-sàile |
Convey my farewell across the sea |
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Null gu tir nam beanntan àrda |
Over to the land of the high mountains |
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Far an d'fhuair mi greis dhe m' àrach |
Where I spent part of my childhood |
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Air an àirigh anns an glinn |
On the pasture in the glen |
