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Delighted With Harps Tha Mulad
   
Credits: Traditional
   
Appears On: Delighted With Harps
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Mairead Nan Cuiread" on Anna Murray's album Into Indigo
"Mairead Nan Cuiread" on Tannas' album Rù-Rà
"Tha Mulad, Tha Mulad" on Whistlebinkies' album Timber Timbre
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Tha mulad, tha mulad Sorrowful, sorrowful
Tha lionn-dubh orm fhéin Melancholy am I
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Tha do mhingean air m'aire There is discontent on my mind
Ni nach aidich mo bheul Which my lips will not confess
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o
   
Mu'n òganach ghasda About the fine youth
Ùr-mharcrach' nan steud Young rider of steeds
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Chan innsinn dha m'phiuthar I would not tell my sister
Meud mo chumha as do dhéidh How much I am longing for you
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o
   
No dha'm mhàthair a rug mi Nor the mother who bore me
Chuir mi cudtrom 'na ceum On whose footstep I weighed
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Tha sac trom air mo chridhe There is a heavy load on my heart
Nach tog fidheall nan teud Which the stringed fiddle cannot raise
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o
   
Ach a Mhaighread nan Cuiread But oh tricky Margaret
'S dàn a chuir thu orm breug Impudently you lied about me
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Thilg thu orm mar ailis You cast up to me the reproach
Nach b'fhuilear dhomh 'm bréid That I should have a wife's kertch
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o
   
Gu robh leanabh am pasgadh That within my body
Fo asna mo chléibh There was an unborn babe
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
C'uim' nach innseadh tu'n fhìrinn Why would you not tell the truth
Mar a dh'innsinn ort fhéin As I would of yourself?
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o
   
Cha b'ionann dha m'athair Things were not alike
'S dha t'athair-sa fhéin For my father and for yours
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Cha b'ionann dha'n taighean Things were not alike in our houses
'N am laighe fo'n ghréin At the time of sunset
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o
   
'S ann a gheobhte 'n taigh m'athar In my father's house would be found
Cinn is casan an fhéidh The heads and feet of deer
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
Hi ri hoireann o Hi ri hoireann o
'S ann a gheobhte 'n taigh t'athar In your father's house would be found
Cinn is cnamhan an éisg The heads and bones of fish
Hi ri ri ri o ho Hi ri ri ri o ho
Ro ho i hoireann o Ro ho i hoireann o