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Out Of The Blue Cadal Cha Dean Mi
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Anna Mhoireach
   
Appears On: Out Of The Blue
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Cadal Cha Dean Mi" on Flora MacNeil's album Craobh Nan Ubhal
"Cadal Chan Fhaigh Mi" on Sìleas' album Delighted With Harps
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
Sùgradh cha dean mise I cannot make merry
Nochd chan fhaigh mi tàmh Tonight I can get no rest
'S gun mo ghràdh a tighinn Since my love is not coming
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Chì mi, chì mi bhuam I see, I see yonder
Chì mi luaidh mo chridhe I see the love of my heart
Chì mi seachad suas I see passing by
Buaireadair nan nighean The one who turns girls' heads
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Chan ann dubh no ruadh Not black nor red-haired
A tha luaidh mo chridhe Is the love of my heart
Ach gu dualach bàn His flowing locks are fair
Ailleagan nan gillean The handsomest of lads
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Chiòbair thu le'd chù Skilled shepherd with your dog
Sealgair thu le'd ghunna Skilled hunter with your gun
Maraiche nan tonn Skilled sailor of the seas
Chuireadh long bho h-uigheam To sail a full-rigged ship
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Cha b'ann an taigh sùidh It was not in a sooty black house
Bha mi'n dùil a bhithinn I thought it would be
Ach an taigh geal ùr But in a fine white-washed house
Cuir cùiteir ri uinneig Hanging curtains on a window
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Dhìrich mi'n Càrn Bàn I climbed Carn Bàn
Fhuair mi aite suidh ann I found a place to sit there
Dh'fhaicinn Rubha Stòir To watch the Point of Stoer
Far'n do sheol do luingeas Where your ship had sailed
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Shèid a ghaoith a thuath The north wind blew
Nuas troimh'n Chaolas Chumhang Down through the Sound of Kyleshu
Dhiult i tighinn mu'n cuairt She refused to go about
'S bhuail i air an rubha And struck upon the headland
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep
   
Bhuail i air an tràigh She struck upon the shore
Far a fàs an duileasg Where the dulse grows
Leum thu aiste, ghraidh You leaped overboard, my love
'S shàbhail thu iad uile And you saved all of them
Cadal cha dean mi I can get no sleep