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Nam aonar le mo smaointean |
Alone with my thoughts |
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'S a ghaoth tigh'nn bho thuath |
The wind from the north |
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Grian oir bhuidh' mar ghriasaich |
A golden sun like an ember |
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Cuir tèine air cuan |
Setting fire to the ocean |
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Na caoraich solt' cho sàmhach |
The sheep still, so quiet |
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Le'n àl 'sa chnoc mhòr |
With their young on the high hill |
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Ciaradh feasgar cur a glòir |
Evening spreading its golden glory |
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Air faileas dubh le òr |
Over a black shadow |
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Ma chlaoidh sinne nàmhaid |
If we overthrew the enemy |
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An dràsd' faic prìs buaidh |
Consider now the price of victory |
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Cridhe màthair cràidhte |
A mother's heart broken |
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'S na gillean san uaigh |
And the boys in the grave |
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Cha dean cliù na onair |
Fame and honor will not |
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Treòbhadh dhuinn no buain |
Plow or reap for us |
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Cianail falamh sìth a bhàis |
Mournful, empty, the peace of death |
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Cha till na fir chaidh uainn |
The men will not return who have gone |
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Aig uaigh fhuar Mhic a' Phearsain |
At the cold gave of MacPherson |
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'S an sneachd air Peighinn Phuir |
And the snow of Pennyfiur |
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Chluich a' phìob port tuiridh |
The pipes sounded a lament |
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Am peilear bhrag cruaidh |
A loud shot was fired |
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An cogadh faoin na Falklands |
In the foolish Falklands war |
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Thuit Gòrsdan ro òg |
Gordon fell, too young |
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'N uiridh balach 's an sgaoil àrd |
Last year a boy in high school |
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An diugh a bhàs ar leòn |
Today, his death wounding us |
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A' ghrian tha dol sios oirnne |
The sun that sets on us |
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Air prairie cur blàths |
Also warms the prairie |
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Oidhche tha gar dùnadh |
The night that closes on us |
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Dùsgadh do chàch |
Is dawn for others |
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Air feasgair dorch ar cùrsa |
At the dark evening of our life |
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Fèill dùsgadh là mòr |
Is a great dawning of rejoicing |
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Ciaradh madainn cur a glòir |
Dawn light spreads its glory |
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Air failleas dubh le òr |
Obscuring dark shadows with gold |
