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Chorus (after each verse): |
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A fhleasgaich òig as ceanalta |
Oh most gentle unmarried youth |
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'S tu leannan nan deas ghruagach |
You hold the hearts of lovely maidens |
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Do ghaol a rinn mo shàrachadh |
Your love has made me so distraught |
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'S tha a bhlàth sin air mo shnuadh-sa |
That its effect shows on my cheeks |
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Shiùbhlainn fada, fada leat |
I would travel far away with you |
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Shiùbhlainn deas is tuath leat |
I would wander north and south with you |
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Is shnàmhainn an Cuan Rònach leat |
And swim the Rona Sea with you |
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'S ri m' bheò cha toirinn fuath dhut |
As long as I live, I will not grow to hate you |
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Gur binn thu na na filidhean |
You are the most melodious of poets |
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Gur sìobhalt' leam do ghluasad |
I find your behavior most courteous |
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Có chunnaic riamh air ùrlar thu |
Who could ever after seeing you |
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Nach dùraigeadh bhith suas riut? |
On the floor not wish to be with you? |
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'S ged bheireadh Rìgh Seòras àite dhuinn |
Even if King George would grant |
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Cho àrd 's a th'aig duin' uasal |
Us a situation as high as a nobleman's |
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Gum b'fheàrr leam bhith air àirigh leat |
I would rather be in a sheiling with you |
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An coill' 'na tràth 's na luachrach |
In a young and rusty wood |
