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English Translation
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Nam aonar le mo smaointean
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Alone with my thoughts
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'S a ghaoth tigh'nn bho thuath
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The wind from the north
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Grian oir bhuidh' mar ghriasaich
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A golden sun like an ember
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Cuir tèine air cuan
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Setting fire to the ocean
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Na caoraich solt' cho sàmhach
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The sheep still, so quiet
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Le'n àl 'sa chnoc mhòr
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With their young on the high hill
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Ciaradh feasgar cur a glòir
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Evening spreading its golden glory
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Air faileas dubh le òr
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Over a black shadow
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Ma chlaoidh sinne nàmhaid
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If we overthrew the enemy
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An dràsd' faic prìs buaidh
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Consider now the price of victory
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Cridhe màthair cràidhte
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A mother's heart broken
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'S na gillean san uaigh
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And the boys in the grave
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Cha dean cliù na onair
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Fame and honor will not
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Treòbhadh dhuinn no buain
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Plow or reap for us
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Cianail falamh sìth a bhàis
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Mournful, empty, the peace of death
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Cha till na fir chaidh uainn
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The men will not return who have gone
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Aig uaigh fhuar Mhic a' Phearsain
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At the cold gave of MacPherson
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'S an sneachd air Peighinn Phuir
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And the snow of Pennyfiur
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Chluich a' phìob port tuiridh
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The pipes sounded a lament
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Am peilear bhrag cruaidh
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A loud shot was fired
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An cogadh faoin na Falklands
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In the foolish Falklands war
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Thuit Gòrsdan ro òg
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Gordon fell, too young
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'N uiridh balach 's an sgaoil àrd
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Last year a boy in high school
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An diugh a bhàs ar leòn
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Today, his death wounding us
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A' ghrian tha dol sios oirnne
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The sun that sets on us
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Air prairie cur blàths
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Also warms the prairie
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Oidhche tha gar dùnadh
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The night that closes on us
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Dùsgadh do chàch
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Is dawn for others
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Air feasgair dorch ar cùrsa
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At the dark evening of our life
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Fèill dùsgadh là mòr
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Is a great dawning of rejoicing
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Ciaradh madainn cur a glòir
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Dawn light spreads its glory
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Air failleas dubh le òr
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Obscuring dark shadows with gold
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