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Tha mulad, tha mulad |
Sadness, sadness |
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Tha lionn-dubh arm fhéin |
Deep melancholy is mine |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Tha de mhingean air m'aire |
There is such despaire in me |
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Nì nach aidich mo bheul |
That my mouth cannot confess it |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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M'an òganach ghasda |
About the fine youth |
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Ùr-mharcach nan steud |
Young rider of steeds |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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M'an taca seo 'n uiridh |
Around this time last year |
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Bu thoil leat m'fhuran ro cheud |
You liked my banter above hundreds |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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Chan mhò ort mi'm bliadhna |
This year you like |
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Na eunlaith nan speur |
The birds of the air as much |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Chan inns dha m' phiuthar |
I wouldn't tell even my sister |
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Meud mo chumh' as do dhéidh |
How much I mourn you |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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Na dha m' mhàthair a rug mi |
Or the mother who bore me |
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Chuir mi cudtrom 'na ceum |
I made her step heavy |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Tha sac trom air mo chridhe |
There is a heavy load on my heart |
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Nach tog fidheall nan teud |
That no stringed fiddle will lift |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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Ach a Mhairead nan cuiread |
But wily Margaret |
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'S dàn a chuir thu arm breug |
Boldly you slandered me |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Thilg thu arm-sa mar ailis |
You cast up to me in slander |
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Nach b'uilear dhomh 'm bréid |
That I needed a snood |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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Gu robh leanabh am pasgadh |
There was a child hidden |
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Fo asna mo chléibh |
Behind my ribcage |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Cuim nach innseadh tu'n fhìrinn |
Why couldn't you tell the truth |
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Mar a dh'innsinn ort fhéin |
As I would about you |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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Ann an làthair mo thighearn |
In the presence of my lord |
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Far am bithinn 's tu réidh |
Where you and I would be on equal terms |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Thilg thu arm-sa mar dhearrais |
You cast up to me, for spite |
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Gu robh m'athair an éis |
That my father was poor |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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Cha b'ionann dha m'athair |
My father was different |
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'S dha d'athair-sa fhéin |
From your father |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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Cha b'ionann dha'n taighean |
And their houses were different |
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'N àm laighe do'n ghréin |
At the time of sun setting |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
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'S ann gheibhte, 'n taigh d'athar-s' |
In your father's house |
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Cinn is cnamhan an éisg |
Heads and bones of fish were to be found |
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Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
Hì rì hoireann ó, hì rì hoireann ó |
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'S ann gheibhte, 'n taigh m'athar-s' |
In my father's house |
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Cinn is casan an fhéidh |
Heads and feet of deer |
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Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
Hì ri ri ri o ho, roho hì hoireann ó |
