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Cha b'e dìreadh a' bhruthaich |
It was not climbing the hillside |
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Dh'fhàg mo shiubhal gun treòir |
That left my walk without strength |
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Na teas ri là gréineadh |
Not the heat of the day |
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Nuair a dh'éireadh i oirnn |
When the sun rises high |
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Na teas ri là gréineadh |
Not the heat of the day |
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Nuair a dh'éireadh i oirnn |
When the sun rises high |
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Gu bheil moill' air mo léirsinn |
There is a dimness in my vision |
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'S cha léir dhomh ceum ròid |
I cannot make out what is closer to me |
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Gu bheil moill' air mo léirsinn |
There is a dimness in my vision |
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'S cha léir dhomh ceum ròid |
I cannot make out |
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Cha léir dhomh ni 's fhaisge |
What is closer to me |
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Fiù a' bhata 'nam dhorn |
Not even the staff in my fist |
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Cha léir dhomh ni 's fhaisge |
What is closer to me |
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Fiù a' bhata 'nam dhorn |
Not even the staff in my fist |
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'S mi 'sa ghleannan bheag phreasach |
And I in a little glen of copses |
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'S mo lethcheann air lón |
My cheek on the sward |
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'S mi 'sa ghleannan bheag phreasach |
And I in a little glen of copses |
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'S mo lethcheann air lón |
My cheek on the sward |
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Treis air smeuran nan drùisean |
A while picking berries from the bramble |
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Greis air bristeadh nan cnò |
A while cracking hazel nuts |
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Treis air smeuran nan drùisean |
A while picking berries from the bramble |
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Greis air bristeadh nan cnò |
A while cracking hazel nuts |
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'Se mo dhubhailt mo bhreacan |
My plaid is my towel |
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'Se mo chopan mo bhròg |
My shoe is my cup |
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'Se mo dhubhailt mo bhreacan |
My plaid is my towel |
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'Se mo chopan mo bhròg |
My shoe is my cup |
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'Se mo thaigh mór gach glacan |
A hollow is my mansion |
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'Se mo leabaidh gach fròig |
Any dark nook my bed |
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'Se mo thaigh mór gach glacan |
A hollow is my mansion |
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'Se mo leabaidh gach fròig |
Any dark nook my bed |
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'S ged a dh'fhadainn-sa teine |
And if I kindle a fire |
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Chì fear foille dheth ceò |
An informer will see its smoke |
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'S ged a dh'fhadainn-sa teine |
And if I kindle a fire |
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Chì fear foille dheth ceò |
An informer will see its smoke |
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'S ged a cheannaichinn-sa buideal |
If I buy a keg |
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Chan fhaigh mi cuideachd g'a òl |
I cannot get company to drink |
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'S ged a cheannaichinn-sa buideal |
If I buy a keg |
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Chan fhaigh mi cuideachd g'a òl |
I cannot get company to drink |
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'Si do nighean-sa, Dhonnchaidh |
It is your daughter, Duncan |
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Dha'n tug mi'n tromghaol, 's mi òg |
Who put this burden of love on me in my youth |
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'Si do nighean-sa, Dhonnchaidh |
It is your daughter, Duncan |
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Dha'n tug mi'n tromghaol, 's mi òg |
Who put this burden of love on me in my youth |
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Té dha bheil an cùl dualach |
A girl whose hair is in ringlets |
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O guaillean gu bròig |
From shoulder to shoe |
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Té dha bheil an cùl dualach |
A girl whose hair is in ringlets |
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O guaillean gu bròig |
From shoulder to shoe |
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'Se sios ma da shlinnein |
Descending between her shoulder blades |
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A's an ionad as boidhch' |
The fairest part |
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'Se sios ma da shlinnein |
Descending between her shoulder blades |
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A's an ionad as boidhch' |
The fairest part |
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'S mór gu'm b'fheàrr dhut mi agad |
You would be far better off with me |
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Na aon mhac breabadair beò |
Than with any weaver's son alive |
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'S mór gu'm b'fheàrr dhut mi agad |
You would be far better off with me |
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Na aon mhac breabadair beò |
Than with any weaver's son alive |
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Ged nach deanainn dhut fighe |
Though I could not make cloth for you |
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Bhiodh iasg is sitheann mu'd bhòrd |
You would have venison and salmon on your board |
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Ged nach deanainn dhut fighe |
Though I could not make cloth for you |
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Bhiodh iasg is sitheann mu'd bhòrd |
You would have venison and salmon on your board |
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'S truagh nach robh mi 's tu, ghaolaich |
Alas that you and I are not |
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Anns an aonaich 'm bi 'n ceò |
Out in the misty moorlands |
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'S truagh nach robh mi 's tu, ghaolaich |
Alas that you and I are not |
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Anns an aonaich 'm bi 'n ceò |
Out in the misty moorlands |
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Ann am bùthaig bhig bharraich |
In a little hut of birch-twigs |
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'Gun bhith mar rium ach d'fheòil |
And no company but your own body |
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Ann am bùthaig bhig bharraich |
In a little hut of birch-twigs |
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'Gun bhith mar rium ach d'fheòil |
And no company but your own body |
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'S mi gu snàmhadh an caolas |
How I would swim the narrows |
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Airson fàilteachd do bheòil |
For the sake of the welcome of you lips |
