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Och hirì gur trom m' osnaich |
Och hiri, my sighs are deep |
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'S fad bho mo luaidh nochd mi |
I am far from my love tonight |
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Mise tuath air ceann Lochlann |
I am north of the head of Norway |
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Is is' aig Loch an Fhir Mhaoil |
And she is in Loch an Fhir Mhaoil |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Fàill éille 's ho ra u |
Fàill éille 's ho ra u |
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Fàill éille 's ho ra u |
Fàill éille 's ho ra u |
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Fàill éille 's ho ra u |
Fàill éille 's ho ra u |
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Hogaidh ó 's na hó ì |
Hogaidh ó 's na hó ì |
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Ged is math a bhith seòladh |
Although it is good to be sailing |
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'S olc a tha e gam chòrdadh |
Little do I enjoy it now |
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'S mór gum b' fheàrr a bhith 'm Bòstadh |
I would much prefer to be in Bostadh |
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A' cur an eòrna 's a' raon |
Planting the barley in the field |
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Dh'fhalbh i ghluais i leinn dhachaidh |
She departed, she moved homewards with us |
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Chuir i chuairt ud air Arcaibh |
She went around Orkney |
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Cruinn ùra, 's siùil gheala |
With her new masts and white sails |
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Tide mhara 's i leinn |
And a favorable tide |
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Tighinn a nuas dhuinn aig Barbhas |
When we came to Barvas |
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Thàinig oiteg on earra dheas |
A breeze came from the southeast |
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'S ann a shamhlaich mi falbh i |
I likened her movement |
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Ris an earba air tìr |
To the roe deer ashore |
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Nuair a dhìrich mi 'n cruadhlach |
When I reached the bank |
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Thug mi sùil thar mo ghuailleadh |
I looked over my shoulder |
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'S ann a chunnaic mi gruagach |
I saw a maiden |
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A' dol mun cuairt air a nì |
Attending to her cattle |
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Nuair a dhìrich i bhruthach |
When she had climbed to brae |
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Thilg i bhuarach 's an cuman |
She threw down her cow-fetter and milking pail |
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'S thuirt i, "S uaibhreach an-diugh mi |
And said, "Proud am I today |
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Seo air cuspair mo ghaoil" |
Here is the subject of my love" |
