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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Cha bhi mi buan 's tu bhi bhuam
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I will not survive if you leave me
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Thug mi luaidh òg dhut
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I gave you my love when I was young
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Cha bhi mi buan 's tu bhi bhuam
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I will not survive if you leave me
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Chì mi 'm bàta dol seachad
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I see the ship going by
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Muir a sgapadh mu bòrdan
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Its boards slicing through the sea
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Mar an deachaidh mi mearachd
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If I'm not mistaken
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Bha mo leannan ga seòladh
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My sweetheart was sailing her
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Bha mo leannan ga stiùireadh
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My sweetheart was at the helm
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Oigfhear ùr a 'chùl bhòidheach
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The young man of the beautiful tresses
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Oigfhear ùr a 'chùl bhuidhe
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The young man of the golden tresses
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O, b'aithne dhomh òg thu
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Oh I've known you from my youth
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'Se do bhòidichean fada
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It is your long-established promises
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'S gaol, a Lachlainn, a leòn mi
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And your love, Lachlan, that have wounded me
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O, na faicinn thu tighinn
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Oh if I saw you coming
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'S mi gu ruitheadh 'nad chòmhdhail
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I would run to meet you
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'S mi gu ruitheadh 'na do choinneamh
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I would run towards you
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Air mo bhonnan gun bhrògan
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On the soles of my bare feet
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Ged tha reothadh glè chruaidh ann
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Though there's hard frost
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'S sneachda fuar air a' mhòine
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And cold snow on the peat
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