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Lyrics
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English Translation
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Nuair a sheasas mi 's an dorust
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When I stand in the doorway
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Chì mi 'choille bhos mo chinn
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I see the forest above my head
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Sìnidh mo shùilean air sileadh
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My eyes begin to weep
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Tha mo mhisneachd air a claoidh
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My courage is overwhelmed
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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É ho rò 's 'na bheil air m'aire
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É ho rò the subject of my thoughts
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'S mór an nochd a tha mi 'caoidh
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Great tonight is my mourning
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Ill ù ill ò gur mór mo luaidh ort
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Ill ù ill ò I love you deeply
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Ged nach d'fhuair mi thu dhomh fhìn
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Although I didn't win you for myself
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'Sann agam fhìn a bha na bràithrean
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I had three brothers
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Bi mi 'ga àireamh a chaoidh
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Who I will forever recount
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'S truagh nach robh mi aig a' charraig
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It's a pity that I wasn't at the quay
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Nuair a dh'éibh iad soraidh leibh
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When they bid us farewell
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Nuair a ràna' sinn 'n "Table"
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When we arrived at the Table
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Mo chuideachd gu léir ann cruinn
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My entire family was there
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Mo phiuthar 's mo bhràthair-céile
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My sister and brother-in-law
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'S gun stiall eudaich air an druim
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Without a strip of clothing on their backs
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Seiche na bà air a cairteadh
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A scraped cow's hide
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'S air a càradh air mo dhruim
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Fixed on my back
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Mi air stàbhradh leis an acaras
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And I was starving with the hue
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Col'as a' bhàis a' tighinn air m'aghaidh
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Of death coming over my face
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Nam biodh agam cliabh 's corran
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If I had a creel and a sickle
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Feamain iseal 's m'eathar fhìn
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The low seaweed and my own boat
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Cha bhiodh mo chlann air a' bhrochan
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My children wouldn't be eating gruel
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'S an tìr mhosach 'gamo chlaoidh
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And I wouldn't be oppressed by this miserable land
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