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Air fail a lail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
Air fail a lail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
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Air fail a lail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
Air fail a lail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
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Air fail a lail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
Air fail a lail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
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Fail i fail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
Fail i fail ó, horó, air fail a lail é |
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A bhuachaille bhàin |
Oh fair-haired lad |
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Mas aìll leat labhairt air thùs |
If you say the word |
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Gura leat-sa gun dàil mo làmh |
Yours is my right hand, right away |
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Ma thig thu le mùirn |
If you come with affection |
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Gur truagh mar a tà |
Isn't it a pity |
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Nach do thàrladh mis' agus thu |
That you and I did not meet |
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Ann an eilein gun tràigh |
On an island without ebbtide |
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Gun ràmh gun choite gun stiùir |
Without oar, without coracle, without rudder |
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Ma théid thu air sàil, a ghràidh |
If you go to sea, love |
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Biodh gini ad' phòc |
Have a guinea in your pocket |
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Is òl mo dheach-slàint gach àit' |
And drink my health in every place |
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An suidh thu mun bhòrd |
That you sit at table |
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Le d' chridhe geal, eudrom |
With your heart bright, light |
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Éibhneach, aighearach, òg |
Joyous, high-spirited, young |
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Gur toil liom am beul |
How do I like the mouth |
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O'm binn a thigeadh an ceòl |
From which music comes most sweetly |
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Gur tiol liom an deud 's am beul |
I love the teeth and the mouth |
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Nach labhradh le sgraing |
That would not grumble |
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Bhith sìnte ri m' thaobh |
How I wish that you would come to me |
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A ghaoil, nan digeadh tu ann |
And stretch out by my side |
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Mur bhiodh luchd nam breug |
If it were not for the gossips |
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Bha m' eudail 's mise gun taing |
My love and I would surely be |
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Le òrdugh na cléir |
With the blessing of the clergy |
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Le chéile 'n ceangal gu teann |
Together in a firm bond |
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Nan robh mis' is thu am beinn |
Oh if you and I were on a mountain |
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No'm monadh no'n sliabh |
Hill, or shady slope |
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No air an tràigh bhàin an àit' |
Or on a white beach, in a place |
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Nach robh duine riamh |
Where no one has ever been |
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Seachd oidhche, seachd là |
Seven days, seven nights |
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Gun tàmh gun chadal gun bhiadh |
Without rest, without sleep, without food |
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Ach thus' a bhith 'ghràidh |
But with you, love |
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'S do làmh gheal tharam gu fial |
Your fair arm freely 'round me |
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