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'S mi ri imeachd nam aonar |
Walking out early |
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Anns an òg-mhadain Mhàigh |
Alone on a morning in May |
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Feadh lèantaichean uaine |
Among green fields |
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Mar fhear-fuadain gun stàth |
An outcast and purposeless |
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Nuair a chunnaich mi a' ghruagach |
I saw a maiden |
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An taobh shuas dhiom a' tàmh |
Who lived some way above me |
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'S i ri nigh'a cuid aodaich |
As she washed her clothes |
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Mach air aodann Srath Bhàin |
Out on the slopes of Strath Ban |
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An sin dhìrich mi suas |
I then climbed upwards |
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Far 'n robh gruagach mo ghràidh |
To the maiden I loved |
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Is labhair mi rithe |
And courteously and mildly |
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Gu sìobhalta tlàth |
I spoke to her |
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"Tha bliadhn'agus còrr |
"It's over a year |
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Bhon a thòisich an gràdh |
Since our love began |
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Is ma bhitheas tu deònach |
And if you are willing |
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Nì sinn pòsadh gun dàil" |
We shall marry at once" |
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"Gu pòsadh, gu pòsadh |
"Marry? I'm too young |
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Ro òg tha mi 'n dràsd' |
To marry just now |
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Gu bheil teang'aig do sheòrsa |
Your sort has tongue |
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Dhèanadh fògradh 's gach àit |
That could cause trouble anywhere |
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Gum biodh m'athair 's mo mhàthair |
My father and mother |
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Gam chàineadh gu bràth |
Would scold me forever more |
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Nam pòsainn do leithid |
If I were to marry the likes of you |
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O fhleasgaich gun stàth" |
You feckless young man" |
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Ach a nìonagan òga |
But you young girls everywhere |
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Tha gun phòsadh 's gach àit' |
Who are still unmarried |
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Na diùltaibh fir òga |
Don't go turning young men down |
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Le mòrchuis no tàir |
Through pride or contempt |
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Nach muladach dhòmhsa |
How sad for me |
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Bhith gun phòsadh gu bràth |
To be unmarried forever more |
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'S fheudar fuireach nam aonar |
I'll have to live alone |
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Mach air aodann Srath Bhàin |
Out on the slopes of Strath Ban |
