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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Sùgradh cha dèan mise |
Tonight I am restless |
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Nochd chan fhaigh mi tàmh |
Unable to meet my love |
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'S gun thu ghràidh a'tighinn |
Who has not appeared |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Chi mi, chi mi bhuam |
I see him from a distance |
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Chi mi luaidh mo chridhe |
The love of my heart |
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Chi mi seachad suas |
I see passing by |
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Buaireadair nan nighean |
The tempter of women |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Cha b'ann dubh no ruadh |
My love was neither |
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A bha luaidh mo chridhe |
Dark nor red-haired |
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'Sann a bha e bàn |
But fair was he |
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Àilleagan nan gillean |
The most handsome of men |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Sgriobhadair le pheann |
An accomplished writer |
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Leughadair nan duilleig |
Reader |
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Maraiche nan tonn |
And sailor |
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Chuireadh long gu fo h-uidheam |
Who would master any ship |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Shèid a ghaoith a tuath |
The wind blew from the north |
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Nuas troimh'n chaolas chumhang |
Through the narrow strait |
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Dhiult i tighinn mu'n cuairt |
The ship refused to turn |
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'S bhuail i air an rubha |
And struck a reef |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Bhuail i air an tràigh |
It hit the shore |
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Far am fàs an duileasg |
Where the dulse grows |
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Leum thu mach a ghràidh |
You leapt out |
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Is shàbhail thu iad uile |
And rescued them all |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
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Sùgradh cha dèan mise |
Tonight I am restless |
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Nochd chan fhaigh mi tàmh |
Unable to meet my love |
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'S gun thu ghràidh a'tighinn |
Who has not appeared |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
Sleep I cannot get |
