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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Thug thu dhioms' a' ghrian 'san speur |
You blotted the sun from the sky |
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Faill ill o hug o ro é |
Faill ill o hug o ro é |
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Spiòn thu asam mùirn mo chléibh |
You wrenched the joy from within my body |
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Faill ill o hug o ro éile |
Faill ill o hug o ro éile |
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Gheall mo gràdh dhomh siòda 's sròl |
My lover promised me silk and finery |
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Còmhdach riòmhach's seudan óir |
Flowing robes and golden jewelry |
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Gheall e mire 's blasdachd beòil |
He promised merryness and fine fare |
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'S cáithream chlàr a dhuisgeas òrain |
And the symphony of harps to inspire poetry |
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Có o'm faigh mi biadh air bòrd |
Who will provide me with meat for my table? |
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Thréig mo shòlas 's m'àilleachd neòil |
My happiness and my fair complexion have gone |
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Thréig mo stiùir, mo ràmh, 's mo sheòl |
My rudder, my oar and my sail have gone |
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Dh'rimich saoidh nan dualan òrbhuidh |
My flaxan-haired warrior has departed |
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Dìobradh damh a mhang 'sa fhrìth |
As a deer abandoning its fawn in the forest |
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Dìobradh eala 'h-ealag fhìn |
As a swan deserting its young |
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Dìobradh màthair rùn a cridh' |
As a mother forsaking her beloved child |
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'S mi gun dàimh, gun ghaol, gun dìonadh |
So I am left friendless, unloved and unprotected |
