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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Air fàillirinn iù |
Air fàillirinn iù |
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Horo iùilrinn o |
Horo iùilrinn o |
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Air fàillirinn iù |
Air fàillirinn iù |
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Gur mise tha fo mhulad |
I am sad |
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Air uilinn nan stùc |
As I recline on the rocky slopes |
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Mi coimhead Caol Muile |
I look towards the Sound of Mull |
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'S cha ghrunnaich mi null |
But can't wade across |
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Far an d'fhàg mi mo mhàthair |
Where I left my mother |
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Air a càradh 's an ùir |
Buried in the ground |
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Far an d'fhàg mi mo leannan |
Where I left my sweetheart |
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Caol mala 's rosg ciúin |
With the narrow eyebrows and calm eyes |
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Chì mi'm bàta dol seachad |
I see the boat sailing by |
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Leam is lapach a "crew" |
Her crew seems to me to be faltering |
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'S mur an deachaidh mi mearachd |
If I am not mistaken |
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Bha mo leannan air stiùir |
My sweetheart is steering |
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Dol seachad air Eirinn |
Sailing past Ireland |
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Chaidh mo chèile 's a' ghrunnd |
My husband went to the ocean floor |
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Air bhàrr nan tonn uaine |
On the top of the green waves |
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'S iad a suaineadh a siùil |
As the boat's sails were twisted |
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Air a bhàrr nan tonn glasa |
On top of the gray waves |
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Muir a' sgapadh a bùird |
With the sea splashing on the boat's decks |
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'S daor a cheannaich mi'n sgadan |
It's dearly I paid for the herring |
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Air a phacadh as ùr |
That was newly packed |
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'S daor a cheannaich mi 'm bàta |
It's dearly I paid for the boat |
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Rinn am bàthadh 'n an triùir |
That caused the drowning of the three men |
