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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Cha bhi mi buan 's tu bhi bhuam |
I will not survive if you leave me |
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Thug mi luaidh òg dhut |
I gave you my love when I was young |
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Cha bhi mi buan 's tu bhi bhuam |
I will not survive if you leave me |
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Chì mi 'm bàta dol seachad |
I see the ship going by |
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Muir a sgapadh mu bòrdan |
Its boards slicing through the sea |
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Mar an deachaidh mi mearachd |
If I'm not mistaken |
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Bha mo leannan ga seòladh |
My sweetheart was sailing her |
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Bha mo leannan ga stiùireadh |
My sweetheart was at the helm |
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Oigfhear ùr a 'chùl bhòidheach |
The young man of the beautiful tresses |
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Oigfhear ùr a 'chùl bhuidhe |
The young man of the golden tresses |
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O, b'aithne dhomh òg thu |
Oh I've known you from my youth |
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'Se do bhòidichean fada |
It is your long-established promises |
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'S gaol, a Lachlainn, a leòn mi |
And your love, Lachlan, that have wounded me |
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O, na faicinn thu tighinn |
Oh if I saw you coming |
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'S mi gu ruitheadh 'nad chòmhdhail |
I would run to meet you |
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'S mi gu ruitheadh 'na do choinneamh |
I would run towards you |
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Air mo bhonnan gun bhrògan |
On the soles of my bare feet |
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Ged tha reothadh glè chruaidh ann |
Though there's hard frost |
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'S sneachda fuar air a' mhòine |
And cold snow on the peat |
