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English Translation
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Mile marbhaisg air na fearaibh
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A thousand curses on men
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'Siad tha caochlaideach carach nam beul
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They are twisted and deceitful
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Cha taobh iad te fhalamh
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They won't care
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'On nach biodh aice earras dha reir
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For a poor girl without wealth
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Dh'fhaodadh te bhith gun tochradh
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But a girl even without a dowry
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Bhith gu siobhalta socair a beus
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Could be refined and gentle
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'S nighean bodaich le codach
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And a daughter of a wealthy old man
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Bhith gu h-ardanach droch bheulach brein
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Could be haughty, foul-mouthed and loathsome
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Gur e mis' tha fo mhinginn
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It is I that is so unhappy
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Bho lath chuir iad an snaim air mo ghradh
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Since the day they tied the knot on my love
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Se do thuras-sa Mhicheil a dh'fhag
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It was the journey you made, Michael
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M'aigne cho iosal gach lath
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That left my spirits so low each day
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Thuirt thu rium a bhith deiseil
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You told me to be ready
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Gus do bhanais a sheasamh gun dail
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To arrange the wedding without delay
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Rinn thu rithist ath-smaointinn
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Then you had second thoughts
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'S dh'fhag sud mise nam aonar gu brath
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And left me alone forever
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Tha mo cheist air an armunn
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My thoughts are on the handsome young man
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Gura camlagach aluinn a ghnuis
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With curly hair and good looks
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Tha do mhais ann-ud aodann
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There is such beauty in your face
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Nach cuir duin' air an t-saoghal air chul
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That no one in the world can deny
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Ach ma rinn thu mo threigsinn
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But if you have forsaken me
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Aig gainead mo spreidh air mo chul
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Because of my lack of wealth
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Mo mhile beannachd na d' dheidh
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My thousand blessings on you
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'S biodh agad na roghainnich thu
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And may you have all you desire
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"O tha mi fhathast gun phosadh
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"Oh I am still unmarried
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A dh'aindeoin luchd sgeodail nam breug
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In spite of people's lying tales
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Cha robh duil agam t'fhagail
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I had no intention of leaving you
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Fad 's a choisichinn slan air an fheur
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As long as I could walk in health on the grass
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Fad 's dh'fhanainn mar bha mi
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As long as I stayed as I was
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'S a ghleidhinn mo naire 's mo chiall
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And I kept my senses and my mind
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'S cha bu lugha na 'n caoch
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It would be nothing less than madness
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Bheireadh orm-sa do ghaol a chuir dhiom"
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That would make me lose your love"
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