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English Translation
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Ri taobh Coill' an Fhàsaich
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Down by Coill' an Fhàsaich
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Feasgar àghmhor leam fhìn
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For a walk on a fine evening
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Bha na h-eòin air na crannaibh
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The birds sang in the trees
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'S iad ri 'caithream gu binn
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Full of joy and life
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Gun robh sìth air an Eilean
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Skye was tranquil all around me
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Fad mo sheallaidh mun cuairt
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As far as I could see
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'S bha mo smuaint air mo chàirdean
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And so my thoughts turned to my friends
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A bha tàmh leam ann uair
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Who lived with me there once
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O nach prìseil leam Halainn
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I think of Halainn beautiful
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Sios gu bàgh na h-Aird Mhóir
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As it sweeps to Ardmore
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Air a tràigh bha sinn daonnan
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We played carefree on the shore there
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Cheart cho aotrom ri eòin
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As happy as the birds
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Ach a nis chan eil mànran
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But there's no joking
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Fealla-dhà ann no spòrs
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Laughter or fun there now
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'S far do chluich sinn air leacan
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And the seals now laze on the rocks
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An diugh caidlidh na ròin
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Where we used to play
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Chì mi cuimhneachan sgrìobht'
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I see memorials to past times
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Air an linn nach eil beò
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All around me
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Anns gach tobht' agus gàrach
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The old ruins and walls
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Gach càrn agus crò
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Each cairn and cattle fold
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Anns gach àirigh th' air monadh
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The shieling in the hill
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Agus caraidh th' air tràigh
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And the weir by the shore
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Nach gach leughadh le coigreach
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Only a local person could understand
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Mu'n chuideachd a dh 'fhàg
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And read them
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Chan eil feum dhomh bhith 'g ionndrainn
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But what use is it
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Luchd mo rùin anns an uair
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Pining for those gone
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Mar a bha iad tha sinne
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For they were as we are
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Tacan goirid air chuairt
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Here on a short sojourn
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Ach nach sona mar bha iad
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But they were happy
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Ré an làithean gun ghò
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Without a care in the world
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Air bheag chùram no éislean
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In their content lives
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Ann an Eilean a 'Cheò
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In the misty Isle of Skye
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