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Do làmh, a charaid, do dh 'Eilean a' chuain |
Your help, my friend, to the Island of Lewis |
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'S a h-eallach cho cruaidh is trom |
Since its burden is so difficult to bear |
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Tha'm bàs'na chabhaig ri sgathadh 's a' buain |
Death is reaping its terrible toll |
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Gun duine ni suas an call |
With no one to make up the loss |
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Tha'n òigridh sgoinneil a sheòlas na caoil |
The upstanding youth who sail the straits |
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An àite na laoich a bh'ann |
Instead of the warriors who once were there |
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Gun bhoineid, gun bhròig, a' siubhal an raoin |
Are without clothing or shoes, traversing the moors |
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An Eilean an Fhraoich ud thall |
In the distant Island of Heather |
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Hì ri o rì, togaidh sinn fonn |
Hi-ri-o-ri, we'll sing a song |
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain |
About the little brown Island in the ocean |
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Eilean beag Leòdhais dachaidh nan seòid |
Little Island of Lewis, home of the warriors |
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A chumas a' chròmhrag suas |
Who will keep up the struggle |
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Eilean nan tonn, a dh'àraich na suinn |
Island of the waves, which reared the heros |
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'S a chuidich an Fhraing gu buaidh |
And who helped the French to victory |
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Còmhla ri chéile togaibh sinn fonn |
All together we'll sing a song |
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain |
About the little brown Island in the ocean |
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O 's làidir na bannan 'g am tharruing a nall |
Oh strong are the ties that are pulling me across |
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Gu eilean beag donn Mhicleòid |
To the little brown island of the MacLeods |
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'S gu stiuir mi gu h-ealamh gu cala mo long |
And I shall quickly steer my ship to harbor |
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'Nuair ruigeas mi ceann mo lò |
When I reach the end of my days |
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'S ma ghreimicheas m'acair ri Carraig nan Al |
And if my anchor catches the Bird-Reef |
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Bidh m'anam tighinn sàbhailt beò |
My soul will come safely alive |
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Mo shiùil air am pasgadh am fasgadh Chill-Sgàir |
My sails folded in the shelter of Cill-Sgair |
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Le m'athair 's mo mhàthair chòir |
With my dear father and mother |
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Hì ri o rì, togaidh sinn fonn |
Hi-ri-o-ri, we'll sing a song |
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain |
About the little brown Island in the ocean |
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Eilean beag Leòdhais dachaidh nan seòid |
Little Island of Lewis, home of the warriors |
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A chumas a' chròmhrag suas |
Who will keep up the struggle |
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Eilean nan tonn, a dh'àraich na suinn |
Island of the waves, which reared the heros |
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'S a chuidich an Fhraing gu buaidh |
And who helped the French to victory |
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Còmhla ri chéile togaibh sinn fonn |
All together we'll sing a song |
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Air Eilean beag donn a' chuain |
About the little brown Island in the ocean |
