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English Translation
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Tha do shùilean a tàladh mar fhàil òir
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Your eyes are enticing like a ring of gold
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Cho soilleir, cho sìtheil, cho prìseil thar glòir
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Bright, peaceful and more precious than glory
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'S do bhòidhchead gun choimeas mar eal' air a chuan
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And your beauty is unequalled like the swan on the ocean
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O, Mhàiri-Eilidh, 's tu mo rùn
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Oh Mairi Eilidh, you are my love
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'S bidh gillean a bhaile a radh, "Tha thu faoin
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And the boys of the village say, "You are foolish
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Chan eil i ach mar nathair, a' mealladh gun smaoin"
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She's like a serpent carelessly deceiving you"
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Ach tha mo dhìlseachd cho domhainn gun ghrùnnd
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But my faith is deep, fathomless
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Gun fhois, gun iomall, gun chadal, 's gun sunnd
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Without peace, without end, without sleep, without joy
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'S ge daor do phògan 's cruaidh do chrìdh'
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Though your kisses are costly and your heart is hard
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'S ge daor do bhòidean briathran gun bhrìgh
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Though your vows are costly words without substance
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Latha 's a dh'oidhche tha m'anam gun sìth
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Day and night my soul has no peace
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'S ge daor do phògan, leanaidh mi
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Though your kisses are costly I will persevere
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On a chunnaic mi do mhaise, tha m' aigne gun tàmh
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On seeing your beauty my mind has been restless
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Long mo thuigse gun sheòl 's gun ràmh
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And the ship of my understanding is without sail, without oar
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'S ged tha mi a' tagradh, cha ghabh thusa ùidh
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And despite my pleading you pay no attention
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O, Mhàiri-Eilidh, 'eil mi ruith na gaoith?
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Oh Mairi Eilidh, am I chasing the wind?
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'S ge daor do phògan 's cruaidh do chrìdh'
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Though your kisses are costly and your heart is hard
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'S ge daor do bhòidean briathran gun bhrìgh
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Though your vows are costly words without substance
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Latha 's a dh'oidhche tha m'anam gun sìth
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Day and night my soul has no peace
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'S ge daor do phògan, leanaidh mi
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Though your kisses are costly I will persevere
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