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Sólas Chí Mi Na Mórbheanna
   
Credits: John Cameron; arranged by Talitha MacKenzie & Chris Birkett
   
Appears On: Sólas
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Chi Mi Na Morbheanna" on Mouth Music's album Mouth Music
"The March Air" on Nightnoise's album Shadow Of Time
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
O chì, o chì Oh I see, oh I see
   
Sèist: Chorus:
O chì, chì mi na mórbheanna Oh I see, I see the great mountains
O chì, chì mi na córrbheanna Oh I see, I see the lofty mountains
O chì, chì mi na coireachan Oh I see, I see the corries
Chì mi na sgoran fo chèo I see the peaks beneath the mist
   
Chì mi gun dàil an t-àite 's an d'rugadh mi I see straight away the place of my birth
Cuirear orm fàilt' 's a' chànain a thuigeas mi I will be welcomed in a language which I understand
Gheibh mi ann aoidh agus gràdh 'n uair ruigeam I will receive hospitality and love when I reach there
Nach reicinn air thunnaichean òir That I would not trade for a ton of gold
   
(Sèist) (Chorus)
   
Chì mi ann coilltean, chì mi ann doireachan I see woods there, I see thickets there
Chì mi ann maghan bàna is toraiche I see fair, fertile lands there
Chì mi na féidh air làr nan coireachan I see the deer on the ground of the corries
Falaicht' an trusgan de chèo Shrouded in a garment of mist
   
(Sèist) (Chorus)
   
Now the trumpet summons us again
not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need
not as a call to battle, though embattled we are
but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle
year in and year out
rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation
a struggle against the common enemies of man
tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself...
 
   
Beanntaichean àrda is àillidh leacainnean High mountains with lovely slopes
Sluagh ann an còmhnuidh is còire cleachdainnean Folk there who are always kind
'S aotrom mo cheum a' leum g'am faicinn Light is my step when I go bounding to see them
Is fanaidh mi tacan le deòin And I will willingly remain there for a while
   
(Sèist) (Chorus)
   
O chì, chì mi na mórbheanna Oh I see, I see the great mountains
O chì, chì mi na córrbheanna Oh I see, I see the lofty mountains
O chì, chì mi na mórbheanna Oh I see, I see the great mountains
O chì, chì mi na córrbheanna Oh I see, I see the lofty mountains
   
Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance
north and south, east and west
that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind?