Ailein Duinn - Meav
Ailein Duinn - Meav
Gura mise tha fo éislean
Moch sa mhaduinn is mi g'éirigh
(How sorrowful I am)
(Early in the morning rising)
Chorus (after each verse):
Ò hì shiùbhlainn leat
Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì
Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho
Ailein Duinn, ò hì shiùbhlainn leat
(Ò hì, I would go with you)
(Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì)
(Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho)
(Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with you)
Ma 's'en cluasag dhuit a ghaineamh
Ma 'se leabaidh dhut an gheamainn
(If your pillow is the sand)
(If your bed is the seaweed)
Ma 's en t-iasg do choinlean geala
Ma 's e na ròin do luchd-faire
(If the fish are your bright candles)
(If the seals are your watchmen)
Dh'òlainn deoch ge boil le càch e
De dh'fhuil do choim 's tu 'n déidh do bhathadh
(I'd drink, though all abhor it)
(Of your heart's blood after your drowning)
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