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Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn! Mo Chridhe Trom 'S Dùilich Leam
   
Credits: Traditional
   
Appears On: Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn!
   
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Mo Chridhe Trom's Duilich Leam" on Mairi MacInnes' album Causeway
"Mo Chridhe Trom" on Anna Murray's album Out Of The Blue
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Mo chridhe trom 's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I
Gur muladach a tha mi It is melancholy I am
Bho chuir mo leannan cùlthaobh rium Since my sweetheart turned from me
Fear ùr cha tig na àite A new man will not come in his place
Mo chridhe trom 's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I
   
Nuair chunnaic mi an toiseach thu When I first saw you
Nad shuidh' air stoc a bhàta Sitting at the gunwhale
'S e còig blian' deug a dh'aois bha mi I was fifteen years old, love
A ghaoil, nuair thug mi gràdh dhut When I gave my love to you
Mo chridhe trom 's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I
   
Nuair chaidh mi chun a'chladaich leat When I went to the beach with you
'S a dh'amhairc mi nad bhàta And saw you in the boat
Gu robh mo chridh' a caoineadh My heart was weeping
Ged a rinn mi faoin an gàire Although I tried to smile
Mo chridhe trom 's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I
   
Ach on a rinn thu caochladh But since you died
Air faondradh rinn thu m'fhagail Your leaving me was pointless
On mheall thu le do ghaol mi Since you deceived me with love
Chan fhaod mi bhith mar a bha mi I cannot be as I was
Mo chridhe trom 's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I
   
Mo chridhe trom's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I
Gur muladach a tha mi It is melancholy I am
Bho chuir mo leannan cùlthaobh rium Since my sweetheart turned from me
Fear ùr cha tig na àite A new man will not come in his place
Mo chridhe trom 's duilich leam My heart is weary, so sad am I