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Tha mulad, tha mulad |
Sadness, sadness |
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Tha lionn-dubh orm fhèin |
Deep melancholy is mine |
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Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
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Tha de mhìngean air m'aire |
There is such despair in my mind |
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Ni nach aidich mo bheul |
That my mouth cannot confess it |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
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Ach a Mhàiread nan cuiread |
But wily Margaret |
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'S dàna chuir thu orm breug |
Boldly you told lies about me |
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Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
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Thilg thu ormsa mar aithlis |
You cast up to me in slander |
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Nach b' fhuilear dhomh 'm bréid |
Tha I needed a snood |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
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Gu robh leanabh am pasgadh |
That there was a child hidden |
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Fo asna mo chéibh |
Behind my ribcage |
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Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
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Cuim nach ìnnseadh tu 'n fhìrinn |
Why couldn't you tell the truth |
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Mar a dh' ìnnsinn ort fhèin? |
As I would about you? |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
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Ann an làthair mo thighearn' |
In the presence of my lord |
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Far am bithinn 's tu rèidh |
Where you and I would be on equal terms |
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Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
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Thilg thu ormsa mar dhearrais |
You cast up to me, for spite |
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Gu robh m' athair an éis |
That my father was in poverty |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
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Cha b' ionnan dha m' athair |
Your father and my father |
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'S dha d' athair-sa fhèin |
Are not the same |
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Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
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Cha b' ionnan dha 'n taighean |
Their houses were not equal |
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'N àm laighe don ghréin |
At the setting of the sun |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
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'S ann a gheibhte 'n taigh d' athar-s' |
In your father's house would be found |
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Cinn is cnàmhan an éisg |
The heads and bones of fish |
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Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
Hi ri hoireann o, hi ri hoireann o |
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'S ann a gheibhte 'n taigh m-athar-s' |
In my father's house would be found |
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Cinn is casan an fhéidh |
The heads and legs of deer |
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Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
Hi ri ri ri o ho, roho hi hoireann o |
