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Am bruadar ud a chunnaic mi |
This dream which I've seen |
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Chan urrainn g' eil e fìor |
It surely can't be true |
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Do chomunn gaoil cha dìochuimhnuich mi |
Your loving company I can't forget |
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Airson òr no nì |
For all the gold or cattle in the world |
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Ma rinn an snaoim ud sgaoileadh ort |
If the knot has come undone |
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De 'n t-saoghal tha mi sgìth |
I'm tired and weary of this life |
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O's daor, gur daor a cheannaich mi |
Dearly, very dearly have I bought |
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'S i cailin an fhuilt mhìn |
The young lass of the smooth hair |
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O 's daor, gur daor a cheannaich mi |
Dearly, very dearly have I bought |
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An sonas nach robh buan |
The joy which didn't last |
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'N uair bha dùil rium dhachaidh |
When I expected to be home |
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Chaidh mo thilleadh air a' chuain |
I was sent back to sea |
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Cò riamh a chual' no dh' aithris e |
Whoever has heard it or spoke of it |
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No dh' fhairich e cho cruaidh |
Or felt it so hard |
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Gun d' rinn fear eile rùn thoirt dhut |
That another man had given you his love |
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Mus d' dhùisg mi às mo shuain |
Before I woke from my sleep |
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O 's mairg tha 'g earbs' à boireannaich |
He's a poor man who puts his trust in women |
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Oir 's ainneamh gheibh thu tè |
For you'll seldom get those |
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Tha dìleas ann an leannanachd |
Who are faithful in love |
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Is daingeann ann an gaol |
And steadfast in courtship |
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Mar 's bòidhch 'ad 's ann is caraich iad |
The more pretty they are, the more wily |
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'S an aigne mar a' ghaoth |
With their spirits as light as the wind |
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Is aotrom, faoin na geallaidhean |
Light and carefree are the promises |
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Le 'n aithris iad an gaol |
Which they give in love |
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A fhleasgaich òig bi furachail |
Young man, be careful |
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'S gabh an earal seo bhuam fhèin |
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Na taobh ri tè bhitheas eireachdail |
Do not fall for one who is beautiful |
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Mar a h-aithne dhut a beus |
But of whose virtue you are unsure |
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Ma gheibh thu eòlas aithghearr oirr' |
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'S gur leannan i dhut fhèin |
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Nì ise dhiot an t-amadan |
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Gun eithreachas 'nad dhèidh |
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Am bruadar ud a chunnaic mi |
This dream which I've seen |
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Chan urrainn g' eil e fìor |
It surely can't be true |
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Do chomunn gaoil cha dìochuimhnuich mi |
Your loving company I can't forget |
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Airson òr no nì |
For all the gold or cattle in the world |
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Ma rinn an snaoim ud sgaoileadh ort |
If the knot has come undone |
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De 'n t-saoghal tha mi sgìth |
I'm tired and weary of this life |
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O's daor, gur daor a cheannaich mi |
Dearly, very dearly have I bought |
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'S i cailin an fhuilt mhìn |
The young lass of the smooth hair |
