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Tha mi fo mhulad bho sheol mi |
I am sorrowful since I set sail |
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A Leodhas, eilean mo ghraidh |
From Lewis, my beloved isle |
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Far na dh'fhag mi comunn na h-oige |
Where I left the group of youngsters |
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Is mo chairdean uile ri tamh |
And all my relatives dwelling |
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Cha phill rium tuilleadh gach solas |
No longer will every comfort be with me |
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'S nach goraich bh'agam nam phaisd |
And every folly I had in my youth |
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Mo chridhe air a lionadh le dòrainn |
My heart filled with hardship |
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'S mo chomhnaidh thairis air sàl |
As my dwelling is over the sea |
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Mo chiabhag tha tana 's air liathadh |
My hair has thinned and gone gray |
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O' s cian bho dh'fhag mi do bhagh |
It has been long since I left your bay |
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Mo chridhe tha g'osnaich gad iargain |
My heart sighing being burdened |
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Is m'iarrtas tilleadh gach la |
With my wish to return every day |
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Ged 's torrach am fearann 's fo chraobhan |
Although every piece of land is fertile and abounding in trees |
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Cha luiginn fuireach na phairt |
I wouldn't wish to live in any part of it |
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Bu mhath leam bhith trusadh nan caorach |
I would prefer to be gathering up my sheep |
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'S an fhraoch an eilean mo ghràidh |
Amongst the heather of my beloved isle |
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O nach robh mise far 'n iarrainn |
Was I not under the scythe |
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An Siadair Iarach a' tamh |
Dwelling in Lower Shader |
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Far na dh'fhag mi comunn bha rianail |
Where I left a group who were organized |
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Aoidheil, carthannach, tlath |
Welcoming, charitable and kind |
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Chan iarrainn a shonas gu siorraidh |
I wouldn't want everlasting prosperity |
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Chan iarrainn solas gu brath |
I wouldn't ever want solace |
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Ach dachaigh bhith agam na chriochan |
But to have a home in the borders |
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Fo riaghladh na Athair na Slaint' |
Under rule of the Father of Health |
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Togaidh mi fhathast na siuil rithe |
I will still lift my eyes to her |
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Ma chaomhnas Dia rium mo shlaint' |
If the Lord spares my health for me |
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'S gu faigh mi fom shealladh na stùcan |
And I get under my sight the little hills |
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Bha muirneach agam nam phaisd |
That were precious to me in my youth |
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Nuair ruitheas mo laithean san t-saoghal |
When my days in the world run out |
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B'e mo dhurachd faighinn ann bas |
It is my wish to die there |
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'S mo charadh an taic ri mo shìnnsir |
And laid beside my ancestors |
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'S a ghlìb ri creagan na h-Aird |
In the glebe amongst the rocks of Aird |
