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Tha mise dol a dh'inns |
I will tell |
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Dhan a h-uile neach a chì mi |
Everyone I see |
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Mu thimcheall a nì |
About what |
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Rinn mo leònadh |
Has wounded me |
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Mu thimcheall mo mhac gràdhach |
About my beloved son |
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Chaidh dhachaidh mios na Màirte |
Who passed on in the month of March |
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Cha dèan e chaoidh |
He will never |
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Gu bràth riumsa còmhradh |
Again talk with me |
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Bha thu agam fhèin |
I regarded you |
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Mar na h-ùbhlan air na geugan |
As the apple on the branches |
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Mar na ròsan a b' àlainn |
As the roses, most beautiful |
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'S bu bhòidheach |
Most wonderful |
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Cha deanadh sin dhuinn feum |
None of that was of any use |
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Nuair thàinig glaodh nan neamhan |
When the call from heaven came |
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Dha feum sinn gu lèir |
To which all of us |
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Uile còrdadh |
Must submit |
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Nuair bhios càch gu suaimhneach |
When all the others are peacefully |
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Nam cadal air a' chuasaig |
Sleeping on the pillow |
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Bidh mo ghruaidhean |
My cheeks are |
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Fliuch le na deòirean |
Wet with tears |
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Tha m' aigne fhèin car uair ann |
My spirit is at times |
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An Aignish ud shuas |
Up there in Aignish |
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'S an uair eil |
And at other times |
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Air chuairt a Manitòba |
Wandering in Manitoba |
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Do cho aoisean, a' ghràidh |
Your contemporaries, my dear |
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'S iad a' tachairt rium gach là |
I meet every day |
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'S cha bhi mo bhalach |
And they do not make mention |
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Àlainn nan còmhradh |
Of my wonderful boy |
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'S na nithean sin a tha |
Situations like these |
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Dha mo thruaileadh ris an làir |
Drag me down |
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Ach cumaidh deas laimh |
But the right hand |
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Ard Rìgh mo threoir rium |
Of the High King will sustain my strength |
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Dh'fhag thu sinne cràiteach |
You left all of us |
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Gach neach a tha san àite |
Desolate here |
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Nuair dh'fhalbh thu thar sàile |
When you went across the sea |
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Bhuain nad òige |
When you were young |
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Ach 's e naidheachd chruaidh do bhàis |
But the harsh news |
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A fhuair mi nam mo làmhan |
Of your death came to me |
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'S nach iongantach |
It is strange |
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Nach do dh'fhaluing mo threòr-sa |
That my strength did not completely fail me |
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Ni mi nis co-dhùnadh |
I shall now conclude |
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Ged tha mo chridhe tùrsach |
Although my heart is sorrowful |
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'S nach urrainn dhomh |
And I cannot do |
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Do chliù chur an òrdugh |
Your character justice |
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Ged tha iomadh mìle sàil |
Although many miles of sea |
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Eadar mi 's far bheil thu tàmh |
Lie between me and where you are at rest |
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Tha mise dh'oidhch' sa làth |
I am there always |
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Ann a còmhnaidh |
Night and day |
