| O nach robh mi thall ‘s a' ghleann a' fuireach
| O that I did not live over in the glen
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| O nach robh mi thall an Glean Baile Chaoil Nan robh mise thall ‘s a' ghleann
| O I was not over in Gleann Baile Chaoil If I were over in the glen
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| A' fuireach Chan fhàgainn e tuilleadh glean lurach mo ghaoil
| Living I would never leave the beautiful valley of my love
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| Nuair dh' éireas a' ghrian air bu chiatach bhith ann
| When the sun rises it's best to be there
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| ‘Si cho fial flathail coibh-neil a' boillsgeadh air chrann
| ‘She is such a generous gentleman shining on a mast
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| I dùsgadh nan lòn-dubh ‘s nan smeòrach air ghéig
| She wakes up the blackbirds and the thrushes on a branch
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| Chur fàilte l’en ceòl air a mórachd ‘san speur
| Her music greeted her majesty in the sky
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| O nach robh mi thall ‘s a' ghleann a' fuireach
| O that I did not live over in the glen
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| O nach robh mi thall an Glean Baile Chaoil Nan robh mise thall ‘s a' ghleann
| O I was not over in Gleann Baile Chaoil If I were over in the glen
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| A' fuireach Chan fhàgainn e tuilleadh glean lurach mo ghaoil
| Living I would never leave the beautiful valley of my love
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| ‘S a' mhadainn ‘n uair dh' eirinn gun eislean gun ghruaim
| In the morning when I arose without sorrow or gloom
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| ‘S e thug solas do m’inntinn bhith sealltainn riut suas
| It was a light in my mind to look up at you
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| Chaneil glean eil' air Gaidhealtachd bheir barr ort an snuadh;
| There is no other valley in the Highlands that surpasses your appearance;
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| Gur mis ha fo chradh-lot bhith ‘n drasd cho fad uait
| It hurts me to be so far away from you
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| O nach robh mi thall ‘s a' ghleann a' fuireach
| O that I did not live over in the glen
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| O nach robh mi thall an Glean Baile Chaoil Nan robh mise thall ‘s a' ghleann
| O I was not over in Gleann Baile Chaoil If I were over in the glen
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| A' fuireach Chan fhàgainn e tuilleadh glean lurach mo ghaoil | Living I would never leave the beautiful valley of my love |