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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Thug thu dhioms' a' ghrian 'san speur
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You blotted the sun from the sky
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Faill ill o hug o ro é
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Faill ill o hug o ro é
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Spiòn thu asam mùirn mo chléibh
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You wrenched the joy from within my body
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Faill ill o hug o ro éile
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Faill ill o hug o ro éile
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Gheall mo gràdh dhomh siòda 's sròl
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My lover promised me silk and finery
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Còmhdach riòmhach's seudan óir
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Flowing robes and golden jewelry
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Gheall e mire 's blasdachd beòil
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He promised merryness and fine fare
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'S cáithream chlàr a dhuisgeas òrain
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And the symphony of harps to inspire poetry
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Có o'm faigh mi biadh air bòrd
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Who will provide me with meat for my table?
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Thréig mo shòlas 's m'àilleachd neòil
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My happiness and my fair complexion have gone
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Thréig mo stiùir, mo ràmh, 's mo sheòl
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My rudder, my oar and my sail have gone
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Dh'rimich saoidh nan dualan òrbhuidh
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My flaxan-haired warrior has departed
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Dìobradh damh a mhang 'sa fhrìth
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As a deer abandoning its fawn in the forest
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Dìobradh eala 'h-ealag fhìn
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As a swan deserting its young
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Dìobradh màthair rùn a cridh'
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As a mother forsaking her beloved child
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'S mi gun dàimh, gun ghaol, gun dìonadh
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So I am left friendless, unloved and unprotected
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