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Tugainn leamsa 's dean cabhaig |
Come with me and hurry |
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'S theid sinn thairis a null |
And we'll go across |
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Dh'eilean uasal na Gaidhlig |
To the noble island of Gaelic |
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Rinn ar n-arach 'nar cloinn |
That nursed us as babes |
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Tir nan treun-fhear is calma |
The land of boldest heroes |
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Choisinn ainm a measg Ghall |
Among strangers who won fame |
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'S theid sinn comhla a leannainn |
We'll go together, my darling |
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Thir an rainich a null |
To yon land of bracken |
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Ni sinn gluasad gu dana |
We'll brook no delay |
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Suas na braighean 's na caoil |
Travelling high lands and firths |
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Gheibh sinn aiseag gu sabhailt |
We'll easily get a ferry |
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Null gu aite mo ghaoil |
Across to the land I love |
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'S nuair a bhuaileas i'm bagh ann |
And when she touches the bay there |
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Cluinn' tu 'Ghaidhlig gach taobh |
You'll hear Gaelic all around |
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'S gheibh sinn aoigh agus failte |
We'll find hospitality and welcome |
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'N eilean baigheil an fhraoich |
In the kindly, heathery isle |
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Chi thu muir, chi thu mointeach |
You'll see sea, you'll see the moorland |
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Chi thu moine mu'n cuairt |
You'll see peat-banks all around |
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Chi thu cnuic ghlas is leoidean |
You'll see verdant hills and slopes |
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Air am b'eolach sinn uair |
That we once knew so well |
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Chi thu machraichean comhnard |
You'll see level, sandy plains |
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'S tha gu leor dhiubh air tuath |
There are plenty on the north side |
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Ann an Nis, ait' 's boidheach |
In Ness, a lovely spot |
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Thogadh og ann mi suas |
Where as a boy I was raised |
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Chi thu Tiumpan tha aosmhor |
You'll see the lighthouse so ancient |
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Air aidann nan stuagh |
Facing the huge waves |
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'S tric tha sholus toirt saorsainn |
Often does its light give deliverance |
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Do na laoich th'air a chuan |
To the brave lads at sea |
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'S iomadh bat' th'air a sgiursadh |
Many a boat |
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'S i gun churs ri droch uair |
Doomed to founder |
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Rinn an soills' ud a stiuireadh |
But its light safely steered them |
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Steach an cuiltean Loch-a-Tuath |
To the Loch a Tuath's sheltered nooks |
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Chi thu iasgairean turail |
You'll see skilled fisherman |
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'S fhearr air stiuireadh cur lion |
None better with tiller or net |
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Mach a cladach Phort-nan-Giuran |
Out from Port nan Giuran shore |
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B'e sud cliu bh'ac a riamh |
For which they've long had renown |
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Sud am baile rinn d'arach |
There's the place you were raised |
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'S fhuair thu gradh ann is dion |
In where you found shelter and love |
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'S chi thu 'n dachaidh a dh'fhag thu |
You'll see the home that you left |
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Mar a bha i bho chian |
As it was long ago |
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'S nis nach aontaich thu, rùin, leam |
Now agree with me, love |
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'S dèan co-dhùnadh air ball |
And make an end straight away |
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Leig do shoraidh gun smuairean |
Make your good-byes, with no regrets |
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Le dùthaich nan Gall |
To the foreigners' land |
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Dol gu fearann ar sinnsir |
To go to the land of our ancestors |
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Bha cho strìtheil na cheann |
Who strived so ardently on its behalf |
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'S nì sinn tàmhachd san tìr sin |
And we'll stay in that country |
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Gus an sìnear sinn ann |
As long as we live |
