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Seinn an duan seo dhan Innis Àigh |
Sing this song to the Happy Isle |
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An innis uaine as gile tràigh |
The green isle of whitest sands |
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Bidh sian air uairean a' bagairt cruaidh ris |
Though storms at times threaten severely |
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Ach se mo luaidh-sa bhith ann a' tàmh |
It is where I love to be |
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Càit' as tràith an tig samhradh caomh |
Where does summer come earlier? |
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Càit' as tràith an tig blàth air craobh |
Where do trees come into bloom sooner? |
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Càit' as bòidhche 's an seinn an smeòrach |
Where does the thrush sing more sweetly |
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Air bhàrr nan ògan 's an Innis Àigh |
On the tips of branches, than in the Happy Isle? |
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An t-iasg as fiachaile dlùth don tràigh |
The most prized fish closest to land |
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Is ann ma chrìochan is miann leis tàmh |
Wishes to live about its shores |
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Bidh gillean easgaidh le dorgh is lìontan |
Lively youths hunt it early in the morning |
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Moch, moch ga iarriadh mun Innis Àigh |
With line and net, around the Happy Isle |
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'S ged thèid mi cuairt chun an taoibh ud thall |
And although I sometimes go to the mainland |
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'S mi 'n dùil air uairibh gu fan mi ann |
And at times even think that I could stay there |
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Tha tàladh uaigneach le teas nach fuairich |
A sad longing whose heat never cools |
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Gam tharraing buan don Innis Àigh |
Always draws me back to the Happy Isle |
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O 's geàrr an ùine gu'n teirig latha |
It is only a short time until the close of day |
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Thig an oidhche 's gun iarr mi tàmh |
Night will come and I will want for rest |
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Mo chadal buan-sa bidh e cho suaimhneach |
My eternal sleep will be so peaceful |
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Mo bhios mo chluasag 's an Innis Àigh |
If I lay my head in the Happy Isle |
