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Ri taobh Coill' an Fhàsaich |
Down by Coill' an Fhàsaich |
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Feasgar àghmhor leam fhìn |
For a walk on a fine evening |
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Bha na h-eòin air na crannaibh |
The birds sang in the trees |
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'S iad ri 'caithream gu binn |
Full of joy and life |
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Gun robh sìth air an Eilean |
Skye was tranquil all around me |
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Fad mo sheallaidh mun cuairt |
As far as I could see |
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'S bha mo smuaint air mo chàirdean |
And so my thoughts turned to my friends |
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A bha tàmh leam ann uair |
Who lived with me there once |
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O nach prìseil leam Halainn |
I think of Halainn beautiful |
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Sios gu bàgh na h-Aird Mhóir |
As it sweeps to Ardmore |
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Air a tràigh bha sinn daonnan |
We played carefree on the shore there |
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Cheart cho aotrom ri eòin |
As happy as the birds |
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Ach a nis chan eil mànran |
But there's no joking |
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Fealla-dhà ann no spòrs |
Laughter or fun there now |
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'S far do chluich sinn air leacan |
And the seals now laze on the rocks |
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An diugh caidlidh na ròin |
Where we used to play |
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Chì mi cuimhneachan sgrìobht' |
I see memorials to past times |
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Air an linn nach eil beò |
All around me |
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Anns gach tobht' agus gàrach |
The old ruins and walls |
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Gach càrn agus crò |
Each cairn and cattle fold |
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Anns gach àirigh th' air monadh |
The shieling in the hill |
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Agus caraidh th' air tràigh |
And the weir by the shore |
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Nach gach leughadh le coigreach |
Only a local person could understand |
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Mu'n chuideachd a dh 'fhàg |
And read them |
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Chan eil feum dhomh bhith 'g ionndrainn |
But what use is it |
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Luchd mo rùin anns an uair |
Pining for those gone |
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Mar a bha iad tha sinne |
For they were as we are |
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Tacan goirid air chuairt |
Here on a short sojourn |
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Ach nach sona mar bha iad |
But they were happy |
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Ré an làithean gun ghò |
Without a care in the world |
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Air bheag chùram no éislean |
In their content lives |
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Ann an Eilean a 'Cheò |
In the misty Isle of Skye |
