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Ruith sa mhonadh, ruith nam beann |
Freedom of the moor, freedom of the hill |
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'S mar sin dhan sgoil aig deireadh samhraidh |
And from there to school at the end of a summer |
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Nar clann aig coig bliadhna dh'aois |
Children five years of age |
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Gun facal Beurla nar ceann |
Without one word of the English language |
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"Seo do leabhar, seo do pheann |
"Here is your book, here is your pen |
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Dean do leasan," thuirt iad riumsa |
Study hard," they said to me |
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"'S gun čirich sibh suas anns an t-saoghal |
"And you will rise up in the world |
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'S gheibh sinn air adhart ann" |
You will achieve" |
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Fichead bliadhn' airson fģrinn |
Twenty years for the truth |
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B'fheudar dhomh feithreamh, b'fheudar dhomh lorg |
I had to wait, I had to search |
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Fichead bliadhn' de bhriagan |
Twenty years of deceit |
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Thug iad eachdraidh air falbh bhuainn |
Denied a knowledge of myself |
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Dh' ionnsaich sinn a leithid ann |
We learned many things |
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Cąnan 's bąrdachd, bąrdachd Bheurla |
The language and the poetry of England |
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Ceņl na Ghearmailt, eachdraidh na Spainnt |
The music of Germany, the history of Spain |
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'S b' e sin an eachdraidh mheallt |
And even that was a misleading history |
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Bhon sgoil don oilthaigh chaidh sinn ann |
Then from school on to university |
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A' leantal foghlam, tuilleadh foghlam |
Following education, more education |
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Mar amadan air deireadh streang |
Like puppets on the end of a string |
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Seorsa de dh'fhoghlam nam cheann |
Our heads were filled with a sort of learning |
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Ach dh'čirich mi suas anns an t-saoghal |
And I did rise up in the world |
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Fhuair mu deise 's fhuair mi lčine |
I got my suit, I got my shirt |
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Fhuair mi ąit' ann an słilean dhaoin' |
I found a place in the eyes of men |
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Fada bhon mhonadh mi 'n drąsd |
A long way from the moor now |
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Carson a chum iad eachdraidh bhuainn? |
But why did they keep our history from us? |
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Innsidh mi dhut, tha iad gealltach |
I'll tell you, they were frightened |
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Mas eirich clan nan Gąidheal suas |
In case the children wakened up |
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Le ceistean sireach is cruaidh |
With searching and penetrating questions |
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Nuair a thņisich mi air lorg |
When I started searching |
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Cha do chreid mi mo shuilean, obair olc |
I could not believe my eyes, dark deeds |
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Fichead bliadhn', fichead bliadhn' |
Twenty years, twenty years |
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Fichead bliadhn' 's mi aineolach |
Twenty years and I have not been informed |
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Fichead bliadhn' |
Twenty years |
