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Tha mo smuaintean iomadh uair |
Very often I think |
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San eilean uasal àlainn |
Of the noble and beautiful island |
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Far an d' fhuair mi m' àrach òg |
Where I was brought up |
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Bu mhiann leam nis bhith tàmh ann |
I wish I could live there now |
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An t-eilean 's a bheil daoine còire |
It is the island kindly people |
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Blàth-chridheach is càirdeil |
Warm-hearted and friendly |
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Tha iad sona, modhail, ciùin |
They are happy, mannerly and serene |
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Is cùramach nan nàdur |
And careful by nature |
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Eilean Leodhais tìr mo rùin |
The Isle of Lewis, my beloved land |
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Don tug mi ùigh nam phàisde |
Which I revered as a child |
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Mo ghràdh air eilean fada an fhraoich |
I do love the long island of heather |
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Cha trèig mi chaoidh, chan àill leam |
I shall never desert it, I would not wish to |
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Chì thu gillean ann tha tapaidh |
There you will see smart lads |
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Dreachmhor agus làidir |
Handsome and strong |
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Chì thu nighneagan tha bòidheach |
And there you will also see comely girls |
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Modhail, stòlda, màlda |
Who are polite, sedate and gentle |
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Air liathad ghlas ri taobh nan loch |
On green slopes beside the lochs |
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Chì thu crodh air gearraidh |
You will see cattle on home pastures |
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Bidh suthachas is ceòl ga sheinn |
And the shieling girls |
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Aig maighdeanan na h-àirigh |
Singing merry songs |
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Chi thu eòin air bhàrr gach gèig |
You will see birds on every branch |
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Ri seinn gu cridheil ceòlmhor |
Singing heartily and melodiously |
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Toirt moladh mòr don Tì as àird |
Giving praise to the Highest Being |
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Air son bhith tàmh an Leòdhas |
Because they live on Lewis |
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Togaibh fonn nis maille rium |
Join me now in song, always tunefully |
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Toirt moladh binn an còmhnaidh |
Exalting the fact that |
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Airson gun dh'àraicheadh sinn ann |
We were raised there |
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San eilean fhada, Leòdhas |
In the Long Island, Lewis |
