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English Translation
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Tugainn leamsa 's dean cabhaig
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Come with me and hurry
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'S theid sinn thairis a null
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And we'll go across
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Dh'eilean uasal na Gaidhlig
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To the noble island of Gaelic
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Rinn ar n-arach 'nar cloinn
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That nursed us as babes
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Tir nan treun-fhear is calma
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The land of boldest heroes
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Choisinn ainm a measg Ghall
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Among strangers who won fame
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'S theid sinn comhla a leannainn
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We'll go together, my darling
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Thir an rainich a null
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To yon land of bracken
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Ni sinn gluasad gu dana
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We'll brook no delay
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Suas na braighean 's na caoil
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Travelling high lands and firths
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Gheibh sinn aiseag gu sabhailt
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We'll easily get a ferry
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Null gu aite mo ghaoil
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Across to the land I love
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'S nuair a bhuaileas i'm bagh ann
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And when she touches the bay there
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Cluinn' tu 'Ghaidhlig gach taobh
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You'll hear Gaelic all around
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'S gheibh sinn aoigh agus failte
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We'll find hospitality and welcome
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'N eilean baigheil an fhraoich
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In the kindly, heathery isle
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Chi thu muir, chi thu mointeach
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You'll see sea, you'll see the moorland
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Chi thu moine mu'n cuairt
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You'll see peat-banks all around
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Chi thu cnuic ghlas is leoidean
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You'll see verdant hills and slopes
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Air am b'eolach sinn uair
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That we once knew so well
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Chi thu machraichean comhnard
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You'll see level, sandy plains
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'S tha gu leor dhiubh air tuath
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There are plenty on the north side
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Ann an Nis, ait' 's boidheach
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In Ness, a lovely spot
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Thogadh og ann mi suas
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Where as a boy I was raised
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Chi thu Tiumpan tha aosmhor
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You'll see the lighthouse so ancient
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Air aidann nan stuagh
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Facing the huge waves
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'S tric tha sholus toirt saorsainn
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Often does its light give deliverance
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Do na laoich th'air a chuan
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To the brave lads at sea
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'S iomadh bat' th'air a sgiursadh
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Many a boat
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'S i gun churs ri droch uair
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Doomed to founder
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Rinn an soills' ud a stiuireadh
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But its light safely steered them
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Steach an cuiltean Loch-a-Tuath
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To the Loch a Tuath's sheltered nooks
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Chi thu iasgairean turail
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You'll see skilled fisherman
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'S fhearr air stiuireadh cur lion
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None better with tiller or net
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Mach a cladach Phort-nan-Giuran
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Out from Port nan Giuran shore
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B'e sud cliu bh'ac a riamh
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For which they've long had renown
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Sud am baile rinn d'arach
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There's the place you were raised
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'S fhuair thu gradh ann is dion
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In where you found shelter and love
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'S chi thu 'n dachaidh a dh'fhag thu
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You'll see the home that you left
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Mar a bha i bho chian
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As it was long ago
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'S nis nach aontaich thu, rùin, leam
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Now agree with me, love
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'S dèan co-dhùnadh air ball
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And make an end straight away
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Leig do shoraidh gun smuairean
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Make your good-byes, with no regrets
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Le dùthaich nan Gall
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To the foreigners' land
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Dol gu fearann ar sinnsir
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To go to the land of our ancestors
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Bha cho strìtheil na cheann
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Who strived so ardently on its behalf
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'S nì sinn tàmhachd san tìr sin
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And we'll stay in that country
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Gus an sìnear sinn ann
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As long as we live
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