| 'N naigheachd a fhuair sinn an drasd'
| The news we just got
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| A thainig oirnn nuadh do’n tir
| Who brought us new to the land
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| Chuir m’airtneal air chairtealan uam
| My artillery put quarters on me
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| Dh’fhag aigeantach, uallach mi
| Anger left me worried
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| Cha bhi sinn tuilleadh na’s mo
| We will no longer be
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| Aig Deorsa fada fo chis
| At George's long handicapped
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| Thig sonas ri linn a' Phrionns’oig
| Happiness comes in the time of the Prince
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| 'S gheibh fir tha air fogradh sith
| And exiled men will find peace
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| Rugadh Phoenix thall anns an Roimh
| Phoenix was born over in Rome
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| Sgeul aigeantach mor ri 'linn
| A great heroic story in our time
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| Gum bi neart agus ceart mar ri treoir
| Be strong and right as directed
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| Do’n fhear sheasas coir an Righ
| For the man who stands for the King's crime
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| Theid a' chuibhle fhathast mu’n cuairt
| The wheel still spins
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| 'S am fear a tha shuas, bidh e sios
| And the one who is up, he will be down
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| Bidh am fear a tha streapadh, gu h-ard
| The one who climbs, will be above
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| 'S fear eile gu lar tuitidh sios
| Another falls to the ground
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| Tha Neptun a' mionnachadh dha
| Neptune swears to him
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| Gum bheil muir dha co reidh us tir
| That the sea is as smooth as land
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| Tha Aeolus a’feitheamh a ghnath
| Aeolus is always waiting
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| 'S a’gleidheadh dha baidh a ghaoith
| And keeps the wind blowing
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| Tha Mars us a chlaidheamh 'na laimh
| Mars and his sword are in his hand
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| Le buaidh-chath' 's gach aite am bi
| With victory in every place
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| Tha plannta nan duilleagan tlath
| The plant is leafy
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| Toirt urraim 'nan aiteachan fin
| Respect in their fine places
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| Thig muthadh air fonn as droch-ghne
| Mutation of tune becomes worse
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| Cha bhi dris ann an lar nach crion
| There will be no brambles in the ground that will not wither
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| Bidh gach tulach 'na iomairibh reidh
| Each hill will be a smooth ridge
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| 'S fasaidh 'n cuithneachd air aodainn shliabh
| And the memory grows on the face of a mountain
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| Cha dean sinn tuilleadh cion-fath
| We will do no more mischief
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| O’n a theirig an fhreumh nach cinn
| Since the root is not the head
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| Sin an gartlann a ghlanadh o’n charr
| That's clearing the archive from the car
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| Bha bacadh dhuinn fas ar siol
| We were prevented from growing our seed
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| Sgeul eile cha cheil mi an drasd'
| Another story I won't hide for now
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| Cuiridh coille trom-bhlath os ar cinn
| A heavy-blooming forest will cover us
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| Cuiridh 'n talamh gun airceas de bharr
| The earth will yield no fruit
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| Tacar mara cur lain’s gach lion
| Each set of lain’s sea set
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| Bidh bainn' aig an eallaich’s gach ait'
| Milk 'at the burden' everywhere '
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| Mil air bharraibh nan srabh’s gach tir
| Honey on the tops of the straws in every land
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| Gun ghainne, gun airceas, gu brath
| Without scarcity, without want, forever
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| Gun ghaillionn ach blaths 's gach sian | Nothing but warmth and everything |