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Nach mis' tha gu trom |
My heart is heavy |
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Glas chiamhaig nam cheann |
My hair is turning gray |
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Tha mi brist', tha mi aonranach brònach |
I am broken, lonely and sad |
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Oir tha màthair mo chloinn |
For the mother of my children |
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Bean mo ghaoil is mo mhnaoi |
The woman I loved, my wife |
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Anns a' chladh air an Aoidh fo na fòidean |
Lies buried in the graveyard at Eye |
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Cha thuig duine gu bràth |
No one could ever understand |
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Meud mo mhulaid 's mo chràdh |
The extent of my grief and pain |
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Tha mo chlann air am fàgail gun mhàthair |
My children have been left motherless |
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Chan eil madainn no oidhch' |
No morning or night passes |
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Nach bi mi ga caoidh |
Without my lamenting her |
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Air a son shil mi deòirean gun nàire |
Without embarrassment, I have shed tears for her |
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Tha an sgiath a bha blàth |
The wing which was warm |
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Air a càradh 's na clàir |
Is buried in the coffin-boards |
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'S bha do bhàs dhuinn mar deireadh an t-saoighail |
And your death was like the end of our world |
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Oir tha'n dachaigh 'bha blàth |
For the home which was warm |
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Lan gaol agus gràdh |
And full of love has been plundered |
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Air a creachadh, 's na ballan air sgaoileadh |
And the walls have been destroyed |
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Cha teid mionaid do bhàis |
I will never forget |
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As mo chuimhne gu bràth |
The moment of your death |
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Bha do chlann air do chùram nad éiginn |
Your children nursed you in your suffering |
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Nuair a dhùin mi do shùil |
When I closed your eyes |
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Bu ro bhòidheach do ghnùis |
Your face was so beautiful |
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Mar an ròs fon an driùchd anns a' Chéitein |
Like a dew-decked May rose |
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Tha mi cinnteach, a luaidh |
I am certain, my love |
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Gu bheil thu 'm Pàrras ud shuas |
That you are in Paradise above |
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Tha na dh' fhuiling thu nis air do chùlaibh |
All you suffered is now behind you |
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Gus an dùin mi mo shùil |
Until I close my eyes |
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Anns a' chadal nach dùisg |
In eternal slumber |
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Ga d' ionndrainn bi mi, is toirt cliù dhuit |
I will miss you, and praise you |
