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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó |
Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó |
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ró i |
Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ró i |
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó |
Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó |
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Smeòrach le Clann Dòmhnaill mi |
A mavis of Clan Donald I |
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Smeòrach mis' air ùrlar Phaibil |
A mavis I on Paible's flatlands |
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Crùbadh ann an dùsal cadail |
Crouched in a drowsy sleep |
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Gun deòrachd a théid nas fhaide |
Without misery that can go further without exile |
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Truimid mo bhròin thòirleum m' aigne |
My sorrow heavier, my spirits fallen |
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Smeòrach mis' air mullach beinne |
A mavis I on a mountaintop |
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'G amharc gréin is speuran soillear |
Watching the sun and the clear sky |
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Théid mi stòlda chòir na coille |
I will approach the forest quietly |
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Bidh mi beò air treòtas eile |
I shall live by other means |
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Ma mholas gach eun a thìr féin |
If every other bird praises its own land |
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Cuim' thar éis nach moladh mise? |
Why then should not I? |
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Tìr nan curaidh, tìr nan cliar |
Land of heroes, land of poets |
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An tìr bhiadhchar fhialaidh mhiosail |
The hospitable, generous land of plenty |
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Measg Chlann Dòmhnaill fhuair mi m' altrum |
Among Clan Donald I was nursed |
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Buidheann nan seòl 's nan sròl daithte |
Company of sails and colored banners |
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Nan long luath air chuantan farsaing |
Of swift ships on wide oceans |
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Aiteam nach ciùin rùsgadh ghlas lann |
A people not slow to bare the gray blades |
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Na fir eòlach stòlda stàideil |
Men experienced, steady, stately |
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Bha 's a' chòmhstri stròiceach scaiteach |
Haughty and keen in battle |
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Fir gun bhròn gun leòn gun airtneul |
Men without sorrow, without wounds, without weariness |
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Leanadh tòir, is tòir a chaisgeadh |
Who would follow in the rout and who could also stop one |
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Buidheann mo ghaoil nach caoin caitean |
My beloved company, not smooth of temper |
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Buidheann nach gann greann san aisith |
A company resolute in war |
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Buidheann shanntach 'n àm bhith aca |
A company ambitious when it was necessary |
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Rùsgadh lann fo shranntraich bhratach |
To bare their blades beneath fluttering banners |
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