| Tha samhradh bliadhna eile air tighinn
| Another year's summer has arrived
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| Ach cha thog mo ghrian an aird
| But my sun will not lift
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| Mo chasan trom 's iad 'g iarraidh dhachaidh
| My feet are heavy as they look home
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| 'S m’inntinn dol mu’n cuairt
| My mind is moving around
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| Tha mi falainn, tha mi og
| I am healthy, I am young
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| Ach lag 's mi bathadh gun do ph phog
| But weak and I drowned without a kiss
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh
| I can't sleep until I return to my love
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| Bho am gu am bi mise a’coiseachd
| From time to time I walk
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| N’am ongrachd sios an t-sraid
| In their loneliness down the street
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| Mi smuaineachadh air abhainn fhada
| I think of a long river
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| Tha laighe fad' bhon rathad
| It lies far from the road
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| Si gu bhi lan le bric a' snamh
| She's going to be full of swimming trout
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| 'S tachaisg dian na mo laimh
| And an intense tingle in my hand
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh
| I can't sleep until I return to my love
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| Tillidh mi dhachaidh, tillidh mi dhachaidh
| I will return home, I will return home
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh
| I can't sleep until I return to my love
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| Tillidh mi dhachaidh, tillidh mi dhachaidh
| I will return home, I will return home
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh
| I can't sleep until I return to my love
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| Nuair a thuiteas oidhche orm
| When night falls on me
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| 'Se am is miosa a tha’nn
| It's the worst of times
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| Mise laighe na’m mo leabaidh
| I'm lying in bed
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| 'S thusa 'nam mo cheann
| You are in my head
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| Cha bhiodh an samhradh cheart cho doirbh
| Summer would not be so difficult
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| 'S tu 'nad shineadh ri mo thaobh
| As you lay beside me
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh
| I can't sleep until I return to my love
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| Tillidh mi dhachaidh, tillidh mi dhachaidh
| I will return home, I will return home
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh
| I can't sleep until I return to my love
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| Tillidh mi dhachaidh, tillidh mi dhachaidh
| I will return home, I will return home
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| Cha chaidil mi gun till mi do mo ghraidh | I can't sleep until I return to my love |