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Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn! Buain A Rainich
   
Credits: Traditional
   
Appears On: Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn!
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Finlays" on Capercaillie's album Live In Concert
"Hebridean Hale-Bopp" on Capercaillie's album Beautiful Wasteland
"Buain Na Rainich" on Tannas' album Suilean Dubh
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Sèist: Chorus (after each verse):
Tha mi sgìth 's mi leam fhìn I am weary all alone
Buain na rainich, buain na rainich Cutting the bracken, cutting the bracken
Tha mi sgìth 's mi leam fhìn I am weary all alone
Buain na rainich daonnan Cutting bracken the whole day
   
'Stric a bha mi fhìn 's mo leannan Often was I with my sweetheart
Anns a ghleannan cheòthar In the misty glens
'G èisteachd còisir bhinn an doire Listening to the sweet choir of the grove
Seinn sa' choille dhòmhail Singing in the dense woods
   
'S bochd nach robh mi leat a rithist It's a pity that I am not with you again
Sinn a bhitheadh ceòlmhor We would be tuneful
Rachainn leat gu cùl na cruinne I would go with you to the ends of the earth
Air bhàrr tuinne a'seòladh Sailing on the crest of the waves
   
Ciod am feum dhomh a bhith tuireadh What is the point of me being mournful?
Dè ni tuireadh dhòmhsa What will a lament do for me?
'S mi cho fada o gach duine And I am so far from any man
B'urrainn tighinn gam chòmhnadh Who could come to my aid