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English Translation
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Bho'n dh'fhàg mi'n tir 's am b'eaolach mi
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Since I left the land of my youth
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Gur mór mo bhròn 's mo chaoidh
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Great is my sadness and yearning
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Chan fhaic mo nis na cnocanan
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Now I never see the hillocks
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Na sluichd agus na h-uilt
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The hollows or the pools
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Gur fada bho mo chàirdean mi
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I am far from my friends
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Ach 's làidir is 'nam chuimhn'
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Although I remember them well
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'S na guthan chuireadh fàilt' orm
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And the voices which welcomed me
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An dràsda mi cha chluinn
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Are now no longer heard
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'S na cnocan àrda duatharrach
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The high shady hills
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A shuathas anns na nèoil
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With their peaks in the clouds
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Chan eil 's an tir nas bòidhch' na iad
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There is nothing more beautiful in the land
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Le fraoch orra mar chleochd
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When they are cloaked in heather
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'S gun dùn am bàs mo shùilean-sa
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Until death closes my eyes
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'S nach fhaic 's nach cluinn mu'n còrr
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And I hear and see no more
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Bi mi' uidh 's an Eilean Sgiathanach
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I will long for the Isle of Skye
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A dh'àraich mi o m'òig
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Where I spent my youth
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Nuair dhealras grian an t-shamhraidh
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When the summer sun shines
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Air na bruthaichean as àill'
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On the beautiful banks
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'S a chi thu fa's na flùraichhean
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And you see the flowers growing
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As boidhche fo na nèoil
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The prettiest under the sun
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Chan fhacas riamh leo' gàradair
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They have never seen a gardener
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No làmh cha deach nan còir
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And no hand ever cultivated them
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Ach 'fàs o bhuidhean nàduir
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But growing from the world of nature
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Tha gach tom, gach lus, gach ròd
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Is every bush, flower and rose
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Is fhada bho'n àite mi
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I am far from the place
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'S an d'fhuair mi m' àrach og
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Where I was brought up
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Is fhada bho'n a Ghàidhlig mi
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I am far from the Gaelic tongue
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A bàrdachd is a cèol
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The poetry and the music
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Cha chluinn mi bhith cuir fàilt' orm
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I am no longer welcomed
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Le "Ciamar tha thu shèoid?"
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With the words "How are you, friend?"
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'S gu bràth mi dhith cha dhi-chuimhnich
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And I will never forget my homeland
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Gun caradh mi fo'n fhòd
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Until I lie in the grave
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'S an t-Aodann Bàn cha'n fhàg mi e
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I cannot leave Edinbaine
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Gun rann chur as a dheidh
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Without composing a verse in its honor
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Tha móran dhe mo chàirdean ann
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Many of my friends are there
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'S ann as a tha mi féin
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And I belong there myself
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Tha ann an tàmh mo phàrantan
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It is there that my parents reside
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A thog 's a leig mo chèis
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Who have guided my life's steps
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'S cho fad 's a bhios ann àit aca
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And as long as they live there
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Bi àit' agam dha'n teid
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There will be a welcome there for me
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