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Gur tu mo bhean chomain |
I am under no obligation to the woman |
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A chagair 's a ghaoil |
Who is my darling and my love |
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Bha dualchas ud againn |
It is natural for us |
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Bhith gu h-amaideach faoin |
To be foolish |
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Cha b' fhada leam seachdain |
A week would be too short |
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A bhith 'n taice ri m' ghaol |
To be near my love |
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'S mi nach iarradh do leaba |
A bed in the heather |
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A bhith againn ach fraoch |
Would suffice |
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Fìor thoiseach an t-samhraidh |
At the very beginning of summer |
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Ghabh mi geall ort is miagh |
I desired and loved you |
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B' fheàrr dhòmh-sa san àm sin |
It would have been better |
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Nach do theann mi ris riamh |
Had this never happened |
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Aig a' mheud 's thug mi ghaol dhut |
So great was my love for you |
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Gun do chaochail mo neul |
That my complexion became pallid |
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'S b' fheàrr a-nochd bhith riut sìnte |
I would rather be lying with you tonight |
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Na mìle bò chiar |
Than have a thousand black cattle |
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'S ann am Bràigh Innis Ruairidh |
My beloved of women is |
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Tha mo luaidh de na mnàth |
In Braigh Innis Ruairidh |
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Te na gorm shùilean meallach |
Her with the beguiling blue eyes |
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'S a' bhroillich ghil bhàin |
And the white breasts |
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Cheart cho cìnnteach 's tha 'm bradan |
Just as sure as the salmon |
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Air an aigeal a' tàmh |
Lives on the bottom of the river |
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Thug mi 'n gaol cha ghaol brèige |
I gave my steadfast love |
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Dhan euchdaig ghil bhàin |
To my fair charming one |
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Cha tug thu dhomh reusan |
You gave me no reason |
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Air cuir sìos air do chliù |
To decry your reputation |
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Ged a bhithinn ga iarraidh |
Even if I wanted to |
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'O do bhialamh gu d' chùl |
Criticize your whole being |
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Bha thu sìobhalta riamh rium |
You were always charming to me |
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'S bha do bhriathran rium ciùin |
Your words to me were always gentle |
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'S bidh mo chridh' ann an tòir ort |
My heart will always want you |
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Ged bhiodh tu pòsda ri triùir |
Even if you were married to three men |
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Tha mi nisd a' dol dhachaigh |
Now I have to go home |
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'S tha mo leannan nam dhèidh |
My sweetheart I have to leave behind |
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'S mi gun aithnicheadh mo chruinneag |
I would recognize my girl |
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Ann an cruinneachadh ceud |
Among a hundred people |
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Beul meachair ni mànran |
Tender mouth of the sweet talk |
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Cùl fàinneach donn rèidh |
Brown hair hanging in ringlets |
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Mala chaol mar an ite |
With fine forehead like the feather |
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Thig o sgiath an eòin lèith |
From the wing of the blue-tit |
