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English Translation
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Fo thomain ghorm ùrach
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Under green mounds of earth
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Sa cheàrnaig bheag chùbhraidh
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In this little fragrant corner
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Ann an cladh Abhainn Iù
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Of Poolewe burial ground
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Tha Bàrd Thùrnaig aig tàmh
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The Tournaig Bard is at rest
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Cha dhùisg e, cha dhùisg e
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He will not wake, he will not wake
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À leabaidh chaol dhùinte
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He will not awake from his narrow, closed bed
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'S tha dhìlsean trom tùrsach
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And his relations are sad and sorrowful
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Ag ionndrainn a' Bhàird
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Longing for the bard
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Nuair laigh an t-seann aois air
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When old age settled on him
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Cha b' ait dha an saoghal
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The world was not a pleasant place for him
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Sgil lèighean chlann-daoine
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The skill of human physicians
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Cha shaoradh on bhàs
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Could not save him from death
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Chuir e gu buil bhuadhmhor
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He successfully employed
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An tàlann a fhuair e
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The talent that he got
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Ga cleachdadh gu suairce
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Practicing it in a kindly manner
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Le huaisleachd a ghnàth
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With gentility always
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An seirbheiseach dìleas
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The faithful servant
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An taodhair 's an cìobair
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The herdsman and shepherd
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Bu luaithe a dhìreadh
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Most swiftly would he climb
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Ri mill nam beann àrd
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To the hills among the high places
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'S aig crìoch a chuid sgrìoban
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And at the end of his journeys
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A chuireadh an sgrìobhadh
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Would put into writing
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Na bh' aige san inntinn
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What he had in his mind
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'Son innseadh do chàch
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To tell to others
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(Sèist 2x)
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(Chorus 2x)
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