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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Sùgradh cha dean mise |
I cannot make merry |
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Nochd chan fhaigh mi tàmh |
Tonight I can get no rest |
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'S gun mo ghràdh a tighinn |
Since my love is not coming |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Chì mi, chì mi bhuam |
I see, I see yonder |
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Chì mi luaidh mo chridhe |
I see the love of my heart |
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Chì mi seachad suas |
I see passing by |
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Buaireadair nan nighean |
The one who turns girls' heads |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Chan ann dubh no ruadh |
Not black nor red-haired |
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A tha luaidh mo chridhe |
Is the love of my heart |
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Ach gu dualach bàn |
His flowing locks are fair |
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Ailleagan nan gillean |
The handsomest of lads |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Chiòbair thu le'd chù |
Skilled shepherd with your dog |
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Sealgair thu le'd ghunna |
Skilled hunter with your gun |
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Maraiche nan tonn |
Skilled sailor of the seas |
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Chuireadh long bho h-uigheam |
To sail a full-rigged ship |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Cha b'ann an taigh sùidh |
It was not in a sooty black house |
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Bha mi'n dùil a bhithinn |
I thought it would be |
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Ach an taigh geal ùr |
But in a fine white-washed house |
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Cuir cùiteir ri uinneig |
Hanging curtains on a window |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Dhìrich mi'n Càrn Bàn |
I climbed Carn Bàn |
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Fhuair mi aite suidh ann |
I found a place to sit there |
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Dh'fhaicinn Rubha Stòir |
To watch the Point of Stoer |
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Far'n do sheol do luingeas |
Where your ship had sailed |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Shèid a ghaoith a thuath |
The north wind blew |
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Nuas troimh'n Chaolas Chumhang |
Down through the Sound of Kyleshu |
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Dhiult i tighinn mu'n cuairt |
She refused to go about |
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'S bhuail i air an rubha |
And struck upon the headland |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
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Bhuail i air an tràigh |
She struck upon the shore |
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Far a fàs an duileasg |
Where the dulse grows |
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Leum thu aiste, ghraidh |
You leaped overboard, my love |
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'S shàbhail thu iad uile |
And you saved all of them |
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Cadal cha dean mi |
I can get no sleep |
