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English Translation
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Tha mo smuaintean iomadh uair
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Very often I think
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San eilean uasal àlainn
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Of the noble and beautiful island
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Far an d' fhuair mi m' àrach òg
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Where I was brought up
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Bu mhiann leam nis bhith tàmh ann
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I wish I could live there now
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An t-eilean 's a bheil daoine còire
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It is the island kindly people
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Blàth-chridheach is càirdeil
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Warm-hearted and friendly
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Tha iad sona, modhail, ciùin
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They are happy, mannerly and serene
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Is cùramach nan nàdur
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And careful by nature
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Eilean Leodhais tìr mo rùin
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The Isle of Lewis, my beloved land
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Don tug mi ùigh nam phàisde
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Which I revered as a child
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Mo ghràdh air eilean fada an fhraoich
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I do love the long island of heather
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Cha trèig mi chaoidh, chan àill leam
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I shall never desert it, I would not wish to
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Chì thu gillean ann tha tapaidh
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There you will see smart lads
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Dreachmhor agus làidir
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Handsome and strong
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Chì thu nighneagan tha bòidheach
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And there you will also see comely girls
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Modhail, stòlda, màlda
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Who are polite, sedate and gentle
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Air liathad ghlas ri taobh nan loch
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On green slopes beside the lochs
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Chì thu crodh air gearraidh
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You will see cattle on home pastures
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Bidh suthachas is ceòl ga sheinn
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And the shieling girls
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Aig maighdeanan na h-àirigh
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Singing merry songs
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Chi thu eòin air bhàrr gach gèig
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You will see birds on every branch
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Ri seinn gu cridheil ceòlmhor
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Singing heartily and melodiously
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Toirt moladh mòr don Tì as àird
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Giving praise to the Highest Being
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Air son bhith tàmh an Leòdhas
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Because they live on Lewis
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Togaibh fonn nis maille rium
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Join me now in song, always tunefully
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Toirt moladh binn an còmhnaidh
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Exalting the fact that
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Airson gun dh'àraicheadh sinn ann
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We were raised there
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San eilean fhada, Leòdhas
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In the Long Island, Lewis
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