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Deòir air mo shùil, chaidh m'aighear air chùl |
Tears in my eyes, my joy has been banished |
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Iubhrach air ghleus gam ghiùlan thar sàil |
The vessel is under sail to carry me across the seas |
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On tha mi gad fhàgail, eilean mo chrìdh |
Since I am leaving you, my beloved island |
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Sòlas is sìth ort 's àgh |
Delight and peace and prosperity be with you |
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Muile nam fuar-bheann, Mòrbhairn an àigh |
Mull of the high bens, Morven of joyfulness |
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Apainn na grèine 's Latharn' mo ghràidh |
Sunlit Appin and my beloved Lorne |
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'S an t-eilean beag uain' an caidreabh a chuain |
And the little green isle in the embrace of the sea |
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Eilean dan tug mi bàidh |
The island to which I have given affection |
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Cadal no dùsgadh cluinnidh mi uam |
Asleep or awake I will hear from afar |
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A bhanarach òg ri luinneig mun chrò |
The young milkmaid singing by the cattle fold |
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San ùr-mhadainn Chèit 's an smeòrach air gèig |
And in the new May morning the mavis on the bough |
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A'gleusadh a pìob gu ceòl |
Tuning her pipe for music |
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Sìoda is sròl cha iarainn rim dheòin |
Silks and satins I would not desire |
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No seudan is stòr no leabaidh-chloimh àrd |
Or jewels and riches or a high wooden bed |
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B'e m'aighearachd bhuan an àirigh bheag uain' |
My everlasting happiness would be the little green shieling |
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Is cadal gu suain air làr |
And a deep sleep on the floor |
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Soraidh le coilltean, soraidh le tràigh |
Farewell to forests, farewell to the shore |
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Is soraidh le àilleachd, soraidh le bàigh |
And farewell to the beauty, farewell to affection |
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On tha mi gad fhàgail, eilean mo chrìdh' |
Since I am leaving you, my beloved island |
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Sòlas is sìth ort 's àgh |
Delight and peace and prosperity be with you |
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Muile nam fuar-bheann, Mòrbhairn an àigh |
Mull of the high bens, Morven of joyfulness |
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Apainn na grèine 's Latharn' mo ghràidh |
Sunlit Appin and my beloved Lorne |
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'S an t-eilean beag uain' an caidreabh a chuain |
And the little green isle in the embrace of the sea |
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Eilean dan tug mi bàidh |
The island to which I have given affection |
