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English Translation
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Ochoin a ri, 'si mo ribhinn donn
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Alas and woe is me, my brown-haired maiden
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Dh 'fhag mi fo mhi-ghean 'us m'inntinn trom
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The cause of my discontent and my heavy heart
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Gur e a boichead a rinn mo leonadh
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It is her beauty which has left me grieving
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'S cha bhi mi beo gun mo ribhinn donn
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And I cannot survive without her
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Is truagh an drasda nach robh mi 'm bhard
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Would that I were a bard
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A ghleusadh clarsach 's a sheinneadh dan
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Who could tune a harp and sing a song
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'S gu 'n innsinn buadhan na maighdinn uasail
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So that I might extol the virtues of that gentle maiden
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Mu' bheil mo smuaintean gach oidhche 's la
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Who feels my thoughts both night and day
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Gur boidheach, dualach an cuailean min
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Beautiful and luxuriant is the delicate hair
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A th'air a'ghruagaich a bhuair mo chridh'
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Of the maiden who has wounded my heart
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Gur binne comhradh na guth na smeoraich
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Her conversation is sweeter than the thrush's singing
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'S tha mise bronach o'n dh'thag i mi
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And I am filled with sorrow since she left me
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Ged tha mo ghrian-sa a'triall fo sgleo
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Though my sun has gone under a cloud
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Is mise 'm bliadhna mar ian 'sa cheo
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And I this year, like a bird, enshrouded in mist
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Togaidh 'n sgaile 's ni ise dearrsadh
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The shadow will lift and she will shine again
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'S gu 'm faigh mi slainte gach la ri 'm bheo
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And I will live in health each day of my life
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