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English Translation
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'S trom an luchd seo th'air m'inntinn
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This load is heavy on my mind
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Agus m'uirsgeul ri ìnnseadh gur truagh
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And my story is sad to tell
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Thriall mo shùgradh 's mo mhànran
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My mirth and music have gone
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Lìon tùrsa 'na àite mi 's gruaim
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And I am gripped in sadness instead
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Tha mo choill' air a maoladh
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My wood has been stripped
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'S ni soilleir a shaoil air mo ghruaidh
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And it makes a bright impression on my cheeks
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'S tearc mo shochair ri fhaotainn
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And it is difficult to rest
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O'n làtha ghlacadh le aog thu cho luath
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Since the day death took you suddenly
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'S ann a' chiad latha 'n earrach
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It was on the first day of spring
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Bhuail an t-eug mi, an spealadair lom
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I came in contact with death, the plundering scythe
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Bhrist air ùbhlan mo ghàrraidh
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It destroyed the apples in my garden
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Leag e m' abhall fo bhlàth thar a bhonn
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Spoiled them to the core
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Rium-sa bhuin e neo-fharasd
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I found it difficult to accept
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Nuair thug e leis Alasdair Donn
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That death had taken Alasdair away
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Mo chruas-iomairt 's mo chearrachd
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My hardship and pain
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'S truagh dhuinne nach tearainn sinn bonn
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How sad it is we are not able to escape this end
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'S e bhith'd chàradh air éislinn
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It's the sad state that
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Rinn mo chràdh-lot fo aisnean mo chléibh
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I was left in that wounded my heart
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Chuir mo chridh' as a chochull chor
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It took my heart from its normal shell
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'S nach suidhich e socrach 'na dhéidh
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To which it cannot return
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Gur luaithe le bhuill' e
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It struck him down as quickly
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Na mar ghluaiseas an duilleach air géig
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As the leaves fall from the trees
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Chaidh mo shlàinte gu mearan
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My health has deteriorated
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'S chan 'eil stàth bhith 'ga gearan ri léigh
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And no doctor can cure me
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