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English Translation
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'S mi ri imeachd nam aonar
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Walking out early
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Anns an òg-mhadain Mhàigh
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Alone on a morning in May
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Feadh lèantaichean uaine
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Among green fields
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Mar fhear-fuadain gun stàth
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An outcast and purposeless
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Nuair a chunnaich mi a' ghruagach
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I saw a maiden
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An taobh shuas dhiom a' tàmh
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Who lived some way above me
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'S i ri nigh'a cuid aodaich
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As she washed her clothes
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Mach air aodann Srath Bhàin
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Out on the slopes of Strath Ban
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An sin dhìrich mi suas
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I then climbed upwards
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Far 'n robh gruagach mo ghràidh
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To the maiden I loved
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Is labhair mi rithe
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And courteously and mildly
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Gu sìobhalta tlàth
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I spoke to her
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"Tha bliadhn'agus còrr
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"It's over a year
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Bhon a thòisich an gràdh
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Since our love began
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Is ma bhitheas tu deònach
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And if you are willing
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Nì sinn pòsadh gun dàil"
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We shall marry at once"
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"Gu pòsadh, gu pòsadh
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"Marry? I'm too young
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Ro òg tha mi 'n dràsd'
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To marry just now
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Gu bheil teang'aig do sheòrsa
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Your sort has tongue
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Dhèanadh fògradh 's gach àit
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That could cause trouble anywhere
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Gum biodh m'athair 's mo mhàthair
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My father and mother
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Gam chàineadh gu bràth
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Would scold me forever more
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Nam pòsainn do leithid
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If I were to marry the likes of you
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O fhleasgaich gun stàth"
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You feckless young man"
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Ach a nìonagan òga
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But you young girls everywhere
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Tha gun phòsadh 's gach àit'
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Who are still unmarried
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Na diùltaibh fir òga
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Don't go turning young men down
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Le mòrchuis no tàir
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Through pride or contempt
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Nach muladach dhòmhsa
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How sad for me
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Bhith gun phòsadh gu bràth
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To be unmarried forever more
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'S fheudar fuireach nam aonar
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I'll have to live alone
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Mach air aodann Srath Bhàin
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Out on the slopes of Strath Ban
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