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English Translation
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Sèist
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Chorus (after each verse)
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ró i
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ró i
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó
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Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó
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Smeòrach le Clann Dòmhnaill mi
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A mavis of Clan Donald I
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Smeòrach mis' air ùrlar Phaibil
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A mavis I on Paible's flatlands
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Crùbadh ann an dùsal cadail
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Crouched in a drowsy sleep
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Gun deòrachd a théid nas fhaide
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Without misery that can go further without exile
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Truimid mo bhròin thòirleum m' aigne
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My sorrow heavier, my spirits fallen
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Smeòrach mis' air mullach beinne
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A mavis I on a mountaintop
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'G amharc gréin is speuran soillear
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Watching the sun and the clear sky
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Théid mi stòlda chòir na coille
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I will approach the forest quietly
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Bidh mi beò air treòtas eile
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I shall live by other means
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Ma mholas gach eun a thìr féin
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If every other bird praises its own land
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Cuim' thar éis nach moladh mise?
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Why then should not I?
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Tìr nan curaidh, tìr nan cliar
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Land of heroes, land of poets
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An tìr bhiadhchar fhialaidh mhiosail
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The hospitable, generous land of plenty
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Measg Chlann Dòmhnaill fhuair mi m' altrum
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Among Clan Donald I was nursed
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Buidheann nan seòl 's nan sròl daithte
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Company of sails and colored banners
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Nan long luath air chuantan farsaing
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Of swift ships on wide oceans
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Aiteam nach ciùin rùsgadh ghlas lann
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A people not slow to bare the gray blades
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Na fir eòlach stòlda stàideil
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Men experienced, steady, stately
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Bha 's a' chòmhstri stròiceach scaiteach
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Haughty and keen in battle
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Fir gun bhròn gun leòn gun airtneul
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Men without sorrow, without wounds, without weariness
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Leanadh tòir, is tòir a chaisgeadh
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Who would follow in the rout and who could also stop one
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Buidheann mo ghaoil nach caoin caitean
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My beloved company, not smooth of temper
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Buidheann nach gann greann san aisith
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A company resolute in war
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Buidheann shanntach 'n àm bhith aca
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A company ambitious when it was necessary
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Rùsgadh lann fo shranntraich bhratach
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To bare their blades beneath fluttering banners
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(Sèist 2x)
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(Chorus 2x)
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