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A' Chlach a bha mo sheanmhair |
The Stone that my grandmother |
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'S mo sheanair oirre seanchas |
And grandfather used to talk about |
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Air tilleadh mar a dh'fhalbh i |
Has returned as it left |
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Mo ghalghad a' Chlach |
My brave Stone |
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'S gur coma leam i 'n Cearrara |
And I don't care whether it's in Kerrera |
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An Calasraid no 'n Calbhaigh |
Callendar or Calvay |
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Cho fad' 's a tha i 'n Albainn |
As long as it's in |
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Nan garbhlaichean cas |
Steep, rugged Scotland |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha |
'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha |
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Hilli um bo ruaig thu i hilli um bo ha |
Hilli um bo ruaig thu i hilli um bo ha |
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'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha |
'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha |
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Ga cur an àite tearmainn |
To be put in a place of refuge |
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A chumas i gu falachaidh |
Which will conceal it safely |
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'S nach urrainn iad, nach dearg iad |
So that they can't, they won't manage to |
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Air sgealb dhith thoirt às |
Remove a single fragment of it |
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A' Chlach a chaidh a dhìth oirnn |
The Stone that was lost to us |
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Air faighinn às an ìnean |
Prised from their grasp |
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'S gu deimhinne, ma thill i |
And certainly, if it has returned |
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Tha 'n nì sin gu math |
That's a very good thing |
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Mionnan air fear deàrnaidh |
Let us swear by our hand |
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Gach màthair is mac |
Each and every one of us |
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Nach leig sinn ann an gàbhadh |
That we will allow nothing to endanger |
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Am fear a thug à sàs i |
The man who unloosed it |
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'S a mhiontraig air a teàrnadh |
And dared to rescue it |
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À àite gum tlachd |
From an unpleasant place |
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Ma chuireas iad an làmh air |
If they lay hands on him |
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Chan fhuilear dhuinn bhith làidir |
We'll need to be strong |
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Is buill' thoirt air a thàillibh |
And strike a blow for him |
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Le stàilinn amach |
Using steel |
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'S bha 'm Ministear cho tùrsach |
The Minister was so sorrowful |
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Sa mhadainn nuair a dhùisg e |
When he woke that morning |
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'S praban air a shùilean |
His eyes bleary |
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A' tionndadh amach |
As he turned out |
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E coiseachd feadh an ùrlair |
Walking the floor |
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Ag ochanaich 's ag ùrnaigh |
Sighing and praying |
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'S a' coimhead air a' chùil |
And looking at the nook |
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Anns an d' ionndrainn e Chlach |
Where he'd found the Stone missing |
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Sin far robh an stàireachd |
There was much pacing |
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'S an ruith air feadh an làir ann |
And running 'round the floor |
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Gun smid aige ri ràidhtinn |
And all he could say was |
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Ach "Càit 'n deach a' Chlach? |
"Where did the Stone go?" |
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'S a Mhoire, Mhoire, Mhàthair |
And, "By the Holy Mother |
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Gu dè nì mise màireach |
What will I do tomorrow |
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Tha fios a'm gum bi bhànrainn |
I know the Queen |
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A' fàgail a beachd" |
Will be beside herself" |
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Gun tuirt e 's dath a' bhàis air |
Said he, looking deathly pale |
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"Cha chreidinn-sa gu bràth e |
"I'd never have believed |
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Gu togadh fear bho làr i |
It could have been raised from the floor |
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Nach b' àirde na speach |
By someone no bigger than a wasp |
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Tha rudeigin an dàn dhomh |
Something is to happen to me |
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'S gun cuidicheadh an tÀgh mi |
And Heaven help me |
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Bha' n duine thug à sàs i |
The man who unloosed it |
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Cho làidir ri each" |
Must be as strong as a horse" |
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(Chorus 2x) |
