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Dheannain sùgradh ris a nighean duibh |
I played with the young dark-haired girl |
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N' deidh dhomh eirigh as a 'mhadainn |
When I woke in the morning |
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Dheannain sùgradh ris a nighean duibh |
I played with the young dark-haired girl |
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Dheannain sùgradh ris a'ghruagaich |
I played with the long-haired girl |
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'Nuair a bhiodh a' sluagh nan codal |
When everyone was asleep |
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Dheannain sùgradh an àm dùsgaidh |
I played when we woke |
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'N àm na siùil a bhith 'gam pasgadh |
And when the sails were unfurled |
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Di-Luain an dèidh Di-dòmhnaich |
On Monday, after Sunday |
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Dh'fhalbh sinn le Seonaid a Aircaibh |
We left the Orkneys on the Seonaid |
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Riof 'ga ceangal 's riof ga fhuasgladh |
Reefs taken in and reefs shaken |
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Muir ma guallain, fuaim is fead oirr' |
Waves under her bow, and her booming and whistling |
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Is Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
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Nach í seo aniar an bád |
Is that not the boat coming from the west? |
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Is Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
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'S mo ghrá ar an mbuille láir |
And my love at the mid-oar? |
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Is Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
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Is Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
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Is iarram ar Rí na ngrást |
And I ask the King of grace |
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Is Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
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Mo ghrá a thabhairt chugam slán |
To bring my love safely to me |
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Is Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
Dún Drumuilliún, muilliún, muilliún |
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'Null ma chaolas na Ròimh |
Across the straits of Rome |
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B'fheudar dhuinn an "boom" a leaiseadh |
We had to keep a tight grip on the boom |
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Null ma chaolas na Fraing |
Across the narrow waters of France |
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Maide 'na làimh is gaoth 'gha greasadh |
She was under control and the wind driving us |
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Dh'fheumadh pòrsan thigh 'nn à bùth dhith |
She wouldn't want a gift from a market |
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Ged a bhiodh e crùn an cairteal |
If a crown was her share |
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Ged a bhiodh e crùn an óirleach |
Even if it were a crown of gold |
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Dh'fheumadh pòrsan dheith thigh 'nn dhachaidh |
She wouldn't want a gift brought home to her |
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