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English Translation
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Gu ma slàn a chì mi
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Healthy may I see you
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Mo chailin dìleas donn
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My brown-haired faithful girl
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Bean a chuailein rèidh air
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Woman of the smooth tresses
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An deas a dh'èireadh fonn
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Whose shapely form is my delight
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'S i cainnt do bheòil bu bhinne leam
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You talk is the sweetest to me
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An uair bhiodh m' inntinn trom
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When my mind is heavy
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'S tu thogadh suas mo chridh'
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And you would lift up my heart
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Nuair a bhiodh tu bruidhinn rium
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Whenever you would speak to me
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Gur muladach a ta mi
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Sad am I
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'S mi nochd air àird a' chuain
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Tonight on the high seas
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Neo-shunndach mo chadal dhomh
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My sleep is restless
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'S do chaidreamh fada bhuam
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And I am far from your embrace
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Gur tric mi ort a' smaointinn
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I think on you often
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As t' eugmhais tha mi truagh
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Without you I am nothing
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Is mur a dèan mi t' fhaotainn
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And if I can't have you
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Cha bhi mo shaoghal buan
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I will not remain long in this world
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Tacan mu'n do sheòl sinn
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Shortly before I sailed
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Is ann a thòisich càch
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Others began
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Ri innseadh do mu chruinneag-sa
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To tell my love
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Nach tillin-sa gu bràth
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I would not return
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Na cuireadh siud ort gruaimean
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Don't be downhearted
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A luaidh, ma bhios mi slàn
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My love, if I have my health
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Cha chùm dad idir uait mi
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Nothing will keep you from me
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Ach saighead chruaidh a' bhàis
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But the harsh arrow of death
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Tha'n t-snaidhm a-nise ceangailte
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The knot is now tied
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Gu daingeann agus teann
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Strongly and tightly
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Ged theireadh càch, 's iad fanaid rium
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Though others say scornfully
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Nach eil mo phrothaid ann
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That there is no gain in it for me
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Am fear aig a bheil fortan
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The man who has a fortune
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Tha crois aige na cheann
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Has a troubled mind
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'S tha mise taingeil, toilichte
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And I am thankful and happy
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Ged tha mo sporan gann
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Though my money is scarce
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Gu ma slàn a chì mi
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Healthy may I see you
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Mo chailin dìleas donn
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My brown-haired faithful girl
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Bean a chuailein rèidh air
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Woman of the smooth tresses
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An deas a dh'èireadh fonn
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Whose shapely form is my delight
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'S i cainnt do bheòil bu bhinne leam
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You talk is the sweetest to me
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An uair bhiodh m' inntinn trom
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When my mind is heavy
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'S tu thogadh suas mo chridh'
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And you would lift up my heart
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Nuair a bhiodh tu bruidhinn rium
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Whenever you would speak to me
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