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'S trom an luchd seo th'air m'inntinn |
This load is heavy on my mind |
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Agus m'uirsgeul ri ìnnseadh gur truagh |
And my story is sad to tell |
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Thriall mo shùgradh 's mo mhànran |
My mirth and music have gone |
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Lìon tùrsa 'na àite mi 's gruaim |
And I am gripped in sadness instead |
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Tha mo choill' air a maoladh |
My wood has been stripped |
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'S ni soilleir a shaoil air mo ghruaidh |
And it makes a bright impression on my cheeks |
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'S tearc mo shochair ri fhaotainn |
And it is difficult to rest |
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O'n làtha ghlacadh le aog thu cho luath |
Since the day death took you suddenly |
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'S ann a' chiad latha 'n earrach |
It was on the first day of spring |
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Bhuail an t-eug mi, an spealadair lom |
I came in contact with death, the plundering scythe |
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Bhrist air ùbhlan mo ghàrraidh |
It destroyed the apples in my garden |
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Leag e m' abhall fo bhlàth thar a bhonn |
Spoiled them to the core |
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Rium-sa bhuin e neo-fharasd |
I found it difficult to accept |
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Nuair thug e leis Alasdair Donn |
That death had taken Alasdair away |
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Mo chruas-iomairt 's mo chearrachd |
My hardship and pain |
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'S truagh dhuinne nach tearainn sinn bonn |
How sad it is we are not able to escape this end |
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'S e bhith'd chàradh air éislinn |
It's the sad state that |
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Rinn mo chràdh-lot fo aisnean mo chléibh |
I was left in that wounded my heart |
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Chuir mo chridh' as a chochull chor |
It took my heart from its normal shell |
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'S nach suidhich e socrach 'na dhéidh |
To which it cannot return |
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Gur luaithe le bhuill' e |
It struck him down as quickly |
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Na mar ghluaiseas an duilleach air géig |
As the leaves fall from the trees |
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Chaidh mo shlàinte gu mearan |
My health has deteriorated |
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'S chan 'eil stàth bhith 'ga gearan ri léigh |
And no doctor can cure me |
