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An ataireachd bhuan |
The eternal surge of the sea |
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Cluinn fuaim na h-ataireachd àird |
Hear the sound of the high-swelling waves |
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Tha torunn a'chuain |
The ocean's thunder |
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Mar chualas leams' e nam phàisd |
Is as I heard it in my youth |
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Gun mhùthadh, gun truas |
Unchanging, pitiless |
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A'sluaisreadh gainneamh na tràghad |
Beating the sands on the shore |
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An ataireachd bhuan |
The eternal surge of the sea |
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Cluinn fuaim na h-ataireachd àird |
Hear the sound of the high-swelling waves |
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Seileach is luachair |
Willow and rushes |
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Cluaran, muran is stàrr |
Thistles, maram and rough grass |
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Air tachdadh nam fuaran |
Have choked the springs |
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'S an d'fhuair mi iomadh deoch-phàitht' |
Where I got many a quenching drink |
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Na tobhtaichean fuar |
Houses are now cold ruins |
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Le bualan 's cuiseag gu'm bàrr |
Overrun with groundsel and dock |
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'S an deanntagach ruadh |
Nettles now grow in hearths |
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Fàs suas 's a' chagailt bha blàth |
That once were warm |
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'S na coilltean tha siar |
In the western forests |
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Chan iarrainn fuireach gu brath |
I would never want to live |
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Bha m'inntinn 's mo mhiann |
My thoughts and my wishes |
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A-riamh air lagan a' bhàigh |
Always lay in the hollow of the bay |
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Ach iadsan bha fial |
But those who were generous |
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An gnìomh, an caidreamh, 's an àgh |
Of deed, of companionship and of love |
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Air sgapadh gun dìon |
Were scattered helpless |
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Mar thriallas ealtainn ro nàmh |
As birds flee before danger |
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Ach siùibhlidh mi uat |
I will leave you |
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Cha ghluais mi tuilleadh nad dhàil |
And come no more to meet you |
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Tha m'aois is mo shnuadh |
My age and complexion |
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Toirt luaidh air giorrad mo latha |
Herald the end of my days |
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'S an àm dhomh bhith suaint' |
When it is time to rest |
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Am fuachd 's an cadal a' bhàis |
In the cold and sleep of death |
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Mo leabaidh dèan suas |
Make up my bed |
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Ri fuaim na h-ataireachd àird |
By the sound of the high swelling waves |
