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'S gura mise th'air mo sgaradh |
I am tormented |
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Chaneil sugradh nochd air m'aire |
I have no thought for merriment tonight |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Chaneil sugradh nochd air m'air' |
I have no thought for merriment tonight |
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Ach fuaim nan siantan 's miad na gaillinn |
But for the sound of the elements and the strength of the gales |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Hi riri riri ri hu o, horan o o, o hi le bho |
Hi riri riri ri hu o, horan o o, o hi le bho |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Ach fuaim nan siantan 's miad na gaillinn |
But for the sound of the elements and the strength of the gales |
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Dh'fhuadaicheadh na fir bho'n chaladh |
Which would drive the men from the harbor |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Ailein Duinn a luaidh nan leannan |
Brown-haired Allen, my darling sweetheart |
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Chuala mi gun deach thu thairis |
I heard you had gone across the sea |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Chuala mi gun deach thu thairis |
I heard you had gone across the sea |
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Air a' bhata chaol dhubh dharaich |
On the slender, black boat of oak |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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'S gun deach thu air tir am Manainn |
And that you have gone ashore on the Isle of Man |
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Cha b'e siod mo rogha caladh |
That was not the harbor I would have chosen |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Ailein Duinn a luaidh mo cheile |
Brown-haired Allen, darling of my heart |
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Gura h-og a thug mi speis dhut |
I was young when I fell in love with you |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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'S ann a nochd as truagh mo sgeula |
Tonight my tale is wretched |
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'S cha n-e bas a' chruidh 'san fheithe |
It's not a tale of the death of cattle in the bog |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Ach cho fliuch 's a tha do leine |
But of the wetness of your shirt |
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Muca mara bhith 'gad reubach |
And of how you are being torn by whales |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Ailein Duinn a chiall 's a naire |
Brown-haired Allen, my dear beloved |
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Chuala mi gun deach do bhathadh |
I heard you had been drowned |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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'S truagh a Righ nach mi bha laimh riut |
Alas, oh God, that I was not beside you |
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Ge be tiurr an dh'fhag an lan thu |
Whatever tide-mark the flood will leave you |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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Dh'olainn deoch, ge b'oil le cach e |
I would take a drink, in spite of everyone |
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A dh'fhuil do chuim 's tu 'n deidh do bhathadh |
Of your heart's blood, after you had been drowned |
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Ailein Duinn o hi shiubhlainn leat |
Brown-haired Allen o hi shiubhlainn leat |
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(Sèist 2x) |
(Chorus 2x) |
