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English Translation
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Ceud fàilt' air gach gleann
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A hundred greetings to each glen
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'S air na beanntannan mòr
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And to the great mountains
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'S iad a chuimhnich dhomh 'n t-àm
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They reminded me of the time
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Ghabh mi sannt air bhith beò
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That I first wanted to live
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Nuair a bha mi ri fonn
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When I used to enjoy myself
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Còmh' ri clann 's iad ri spòrs
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Along with the other children as we played
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Mu bhruaichean nan allt
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About the banks of the streams
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'S iad nan deann bho gach lòn
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Which were rushing from each pool
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'S iomadh creag agus càrn
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Many's the rock and the stone-pile
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'S iomadh gàrradh is bruaich
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Many's the dyke and the bank
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Aig 'n do shìn mi ri sgàth
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Against whose shelter I lay down
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A huile là bhithinn fuar
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Every day that I felt the cold
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'S ged bu lìonmhor mo chàirdean
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Although my relations were numerous
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Bha pàirt dhiubh gun truas
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Some of them had no pity at all
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'S an tè shaothraich rim thàladh
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While she who had struggled to rear me
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A' cnàmh anns an uaigh
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Was wasting away in the grave
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B' òg a chreach am bàs mi
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Death bereaved me when I was very young
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Aig aois a dhà no trì
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At two or three years of age
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Cha b' urrainn dhomh bhith dàna
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I dared not look for solace
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'N lùib mo chàirdean airson sìth
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Amongst my relations
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Nuair thugadh bhuam mo mhàthair
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When my mother
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An uair sin dh'fhàgadh mi
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Was taken away from me
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Mar neach air thuar bhith bàthte
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I was left like someone who was on the point of drowning
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Nach b' urrainn snàmh gu tìr
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And was incapable of swimming ashore
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Ghabhainn comhairle gach aon
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I took the advice of everyone
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'S dh'fhàg siud faoin mi nam dhòigh
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And that caused me to behave foolishly
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'S mi falbh mar a dh'fhaodainn
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I wandered as best I could
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Tro shaoghal nam beò
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Through the land of the living
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Chuir mi ùidh anns gach sìon
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I took active interest in everything
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A bhiodh a' riarachadh m' fheòil
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That satisfied my flesh
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'S cha robh càs a bh' ann riamh
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There wasn't a peril in existence
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Nach robh triall air mo thòir
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That wasn't in close pursuit of me
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'S cluinnidh mise daonnan
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I always hear people
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Aig daoine nach eil òg
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Who are no longer young
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Gur lèir dhaibh mar tha 'n saoghal
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Remarking on how obvious it is to them
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A' caochladh cho mòr
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That the world is rapidly changing
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'S gur e fìor dhuine dall
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And that only the blindest of men
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Bhiodh a' samhlachadh stòir
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Would put wealth before the life
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Ri beatha chlann nan daoine
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Of the children of men
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Nach fhaod fuireach beò
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Who are not permitted to stay alive
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Ach seo cuimhneachan dom chàirdean
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But the day I die
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An là bheir mi suas
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I leave this as a memorial
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'S don mhuinntir nì mi fhàgail
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For my relations and friends
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Anns an fhàsaich air chuairt
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And I bequeath it to the people on their sojourn in the desert
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Bidh bàrdachd Chlann Dòmhnaill
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The poetry of Clan Donald
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Na ceòl aig an t-sluagh
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Will be sung by the people
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Là nach cluinn sibh mo chòmhradh
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When my speech is no longer to be heard
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Is mo chòmhnaidh san uaigh
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And my abode is the grave
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