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Ailein Duinn a ni 's a naire |
Dark-haired Alan, my precious one |
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O na hi hoireann o ho |
O na hi hoireann o ho |
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Hi na hi i ri u hu o |
Hi na hi i ri u hu o |
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S' goirt 's gur daor a phaigh mi mal dhut |
Endless grief the price it cost me |
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Cha chrodh laoigh 's cha chaoraich bhana |
'Twas neither sheep or cattle |
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Ach an luchd a thaom am bata |
But the load the ship took with her |
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Bha m'athair oirre 's mo thriuir bhraithrean |
My father and my three brothers |
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Chan e sin gu leir a chraidh mi |
As if this wasn't all my burden |
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Ach am fear a ghlac air laimh mi |
The one to whom I gave my hand |
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Leathanach a' bhroillich bhainghil |
MacLean of the fair skin |
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A thug o 'n chlachan Di-mairt mi |
Who took me from the church on Tuesday |
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Fhaoileag bheag thu, fhaoileag mhar' thu |
Little seagull, seagull of the ocean |
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Cait a d'fhag thu na fir gheala |
Where did you leave the fair men? |
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Dh'fhag mi iad 'san eilean mhara |
I left them in the island of the sea |
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Cul ri cul is iad gun anail |
Back to back, no longer breathing |
