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English Translation
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Ni mi innse le fìrinn
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I'll tell you truly
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An ni rinn mo chràdh
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What has tormented me
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Bheir snìth air mo shùilean
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It has left my eyes tearful
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'S a dhuineas mo chàil
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And sapped my energy
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An gaol thug mi m'mhaighdean
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The love I gave the maiden
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Bu chaoibhneile ghnàth
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Of the gentle ways
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D'am b' ainm Màiri Anna
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Mary Anne, who lies
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Tha 's an anart a chnàmh
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Decaying in her shroud
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'S ann air feasgar Di-ciadain
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On Wednesday afternoon
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Nuair bha ghrian anns na neòil
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With the sun in the sky
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'S i ri dealradh cho bréagha
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Shining beautifully
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Cho sgiamhach ri òr
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As lovely as gold
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Thachair mise 's mo Mhàiri
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My Mary and I met
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Ann an gàradh nan ròs
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In a rose garden
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Is bha faileadh nan ubhlan
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And the fragrance of apples
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Glé chùbhraidh tighinn oirnn
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Enveloped us
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Nuair a thig a h-athair 's màthair
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When her father and mother
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Gu robh Màiri an gaol
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Understood Mary was in love
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Rinn iad fhoighneachd gun dàil dhi
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They asked her at once
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Co h-ailleagan caomh
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About her beloved
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Fhreagair i gum b'e gunnair
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She answered that he was a gunner
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O mhullach an t-sléibh
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From the hilltop
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Fear a Gaidhealtachd na h-Alba
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From the Highlands of Scotland
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Far am marbhte na feidh
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Where they hunt the deer
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Nuair a chual' iad a facal
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When they heard her words
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Gun do ghlas iad i suas
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They locked her
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Ann an seòmar bha glaiste
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In a bolted room
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Fad seachduinn gun truas
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For a week without mercy
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Tha mo chrìdh's brist' nach fhaodainn
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My heart is broken since
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Bhi bruidhinn ri mo luaidh
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I could not speak to my love
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'S i gam choimhead troimh'n uinneig
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And she looking at me from the window
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'S na déoir a' ruith sios o gruaidh
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With tears running down her cheek
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Thainig lìtir gam dh' ionnsaidh
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A letter came to me
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Air a dùnadh gu dlùth
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Carefully sealed
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Mi dh'fhalbh sios gu suibhlach
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Informing me to go down quickly
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Gu cul-thaobh an dùin
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To the back of the castle
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Far'n robh carbad gu muirneach
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There, transport awaited
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Gus mo ghiùlain gun dàil
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To carry me across
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Gu paileis duin-uasail
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To the nobleman's palace
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Far'n robh gruagach mo ghràidh
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And my darling girl
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Nuair a ràinig mi'n aitreamh
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When I reached
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Far'n robh m'àilleagan buan
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My beloved's house
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Rinn a sùilean ciuin drabhadh
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She opened her calm eyes
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'S bha dreach a'bhàis air a gruaidh
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And death's pallor was on her cheek
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'S nuair a thug mi mo làimh oirr'
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And when I touched her
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Dh'fhàg a cainnt i gu luath
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Speech quickly left her
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'S dhuin a sùilean 's a chadal
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And her eyes shut
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Nach duisg 's a bhi buan
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In eternal slumber
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O Mhàiri, e Mhàiri
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Oh Mary, Mary
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'S tu dh'fhàg mi cho tinn
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You have left me so ill
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'S tu dh'fhàg mi fo mhulad
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You have left me despondent
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Is duilich ga inns'
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And it's hard for me to tell my tale
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'S ann ort tha mo smuaintean
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My thoughts are upon you
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A latha is a dh'oidhch'
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Each day and night
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Gus an teid mi dha'n anart
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Until I lie in my shroud
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Cha sguir mi gad chaoidh
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I will not cease to mourn for you
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