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English Translation
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Tha mi fo mhulad bho sheol mi
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I am sorrowful since I set sail
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A Leodhas, eilean mo ghraidh
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From Lewis, my beloved isle
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Far na dh'fhag mi comunn na h-oige
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Where I left the group of youngsters
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Is mo chairdean uile ri tamh
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And all my relatives dwelling
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Cha phill rium tuilleadh gach solas
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No longer will every comfort be with me
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'S nach goraich bh'agam nam phaisd
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And every folly I had in my youth
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Mo chridhe air a lionadh le dòrainn
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My heart filled with hardship
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'S mo chomhnaidh thairis air sàl
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As my dwelling is over the sea
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Mo chiabhag tha tana 's air liathadh
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My hair has thinned and gone gray
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O' s cian bho dh'fhag mi do bhagh
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It has been long since I left your bay
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Mo chridhe tha g'osnaich gad iargain
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My heart sighing being burdened
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Is m'iarrtas tilleadh gach la
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With my wish to return every day
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Ged 's torrach am fearann 's fo chraobhan
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Although every piece of land is fertile and abounding in trees
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Cha luiginn fuireach na phairt
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I wouldn't wish to live in any part of it
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Bu mhath leam bhith trusadh nan caorach
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I would prefer to be gathering up my sheep
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'S an fhraoch an eilean mo ghràidh
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Amongst the heather of my beloved isle
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O nach robh mise far 'n iarrainn
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Was I not under the scythe
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An Siadair Iarach a' tamh
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Dwelling in Lower Shader
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Far na dh'fhag mi comunn bha rianail
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Where I left a group who were organized
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Aoidheil, carthannach, tlath
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Welcoming, charitable and kind
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Chan iarrainn a shonas gu siorraidh
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I wouldn't want everlasting prosperity
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Chan iarrainn solas gu brath
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I wouldn't ever want solace
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Ach dachaigh bhith agam na chriochan
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But to have a home in the borders
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Fo riaghladh na Athair na Slaint'
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Under rule of the Father of Health
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Togaidh mi fhathast na siuil rithe
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I will still lift my eyes to her
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Ma chaomhnas Dia rium mo shlaint'
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If the Lord spares my health for me
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'S gu faigh mi fom shealladh na stùcan
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And I get under my sight the little hills
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Bha muirneach agam nam phaisd
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That were precious to me in my youth
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Nuair ruitheas mo laithean san t-saoghal
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When my days in the world run out
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B'e mo dhurachd faighinn ann bas
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It is my wish to die there
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'S mo charadh an taic ri mo shìnnsir
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And laid beside my ancestors
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'S a ghlìb ri creagan na h-Aird
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In the glebe amongst the rocks of Aird
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