Ailein Duinn [Rob Roy]
Capercaillie

Ailein Duinn, o ho hi, shiubhlainn leat

(Ailean Donn, o ho hi, I'd go with thee)

Hi ri ri, ri u o, hi o hug hoireann o, Hi ri ri, etc.


Ailein Duinn, o ho hi, shuibhlainn leat

(Brown-haired Allan, o ho hi, I'd go with thee)

'S bochd an nochd na bheil air m'aire

(Tonight sad thoughts my mind are filling)


Miad na sine, fuachd na gaillinn

(The strength of the storm, the cold of th' tempest)

Miad na sine, fuachd na gaillinn

(The strength of th' storm, the cold of th' tempest)


Dh'fhuadaicheadh na fir o'n charraig

(That drove the men from the shore's shelter)

Dh'fhuadaicheadh na fir o'n charraig

(That drove the men from the shore's shelter)


Chuireadh iad a' bhoid dha'n aindeoin

(Sent them on a voyage unwilling)

Far an trom an laigh a' ghailleann

(Where the gale blows so heavy)


Cha b'e siod leam ar diol caladh

('Twas not, I think, your choice of harbour)

Ach Caolas Diadhair anns na Hearadh

(Rather Diadhair Sound in Harris)


Far am bi na feidh air bhearradh

(Where the deer are on the hilltops)

Dobhran donn is laogh breac ballach

(Otter brown and fawn all spotted)


Gura mise th'air mo leireadh

Cha n-e bas a' chruidh 'sa Cheitein

No tainead mo bhuaile spreidhe

Ach a fhlichead 's tha do leine

'S tu bhith 'm barr nan tonn ag eirigh


Mucan mar bhith 'gad reubadh

Bhith 'gad ghearradh as a cheile

Ailein Duinn, a laoigh mo cheilleadh

Gura h-og a thug mi speis dhut

Nuair a bha thu 'n sgoil na Beurla

Nuair a bha sinn ann le cheile


Gum paigheadh Dia siod ri t'anam

Mhiad 's a fhuair mi d' chuid gun cheannach

Piosan caola geal' an anart

Neapagain do 'n t-sioda bhallach


Thug thu fhein, a ghaoil, a Manainn

Ailein Duinn, a mhiann nan leannan

Chuala mi gun deach thu fairis

Air a' bhata laidir dharaich


Ma 's fhior siod, cha bhi mi fallain

Gu la brach cha dian mi bainis

M'iarrtas air Righ na Cathrach

Gun mo chur an uir no 'n gaineamh


An talamh toll no 'n aite daingeann

'N seombar cuil no 'n aite daingeann

Ach 'sa bhall am b thu, Ailein



'S truagh, a Righ ! nach mi bha 'n laimh riut

Ge be bagh no sgeir an traigh thu

Ge be tiurr am fag an lan thu

'S cul do chinn air bhac mo laimhe

Do chul dualach, cuachach, fainneach

Dh'olainn deoch, ge b'oil le cach e


Cha b'ann do bhurn no do shaile

No do dh'fhion dearg na Spainte

Ach fuil do chuim 's tu 'n deidh do bhathadh

Gura buidhe nochd dha d' mhathair

Bho nach 'eil thu beo 's tu baite


Ailein Duinn, o ho hi, shiubhlainn leat

Hi ri ri, ri u o, hi o hug hoir o

Ailein Duinn, o ho hi shiubhlainn leat


Truly I am sore tormented

Not by death of stock in springtime

Nor by th' fewness of my cattle

But by thy clothing's dampness

And that thou art on wavetop floating

While sea monsters rend thy body


And are tearing thee asunder

Ailean Donn, king of my senses

Young I was when first I lov'd thee

When you were getting English schooling

When we were in school together


May God repay thy soul, I'm praying

What of thy own store thou gav'st me

Silver shinings, wrapped in linen

Speckled tablecloths, all silken


Which you brought from Manann's Island

Ailean Donn, my chosen sweetheart

I did hear that you went over

On the vessel, strong and oaken


If 'tis true, I'll not recover

Till Doomsday I'll have no wedding

I pray unto the King of Heaven

In earth or sand I'll not be buried


Nor in quagmire or place of hiding

Nor in back-room, nor in stronghold

But the spot where thou art, Ailean


Alas, O God, I was not beside thee

Whatever bay or rock thou'lt come on

Whatever tide-mark the flood will leave thee

Thy head in my hand-palm cradled


With curling, flowing hair in ringlets

I'd drink, though all abhor it

Not of the sea, nor of fresh water

Nor of the red Spanish claret


But thy heart's blood, after thy drowning

Thanks tonight unto thy mother

Since thou art drowned and liv'st no longer


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  ic iain ic sheumais   'Ille Dhuinn Chaidh Tu'm Dhith (In Exile)   'S Fhada Leam An Oidhche Gheamhraidh   A Ghealaich   Aignish   Aignish (Translation)   Aiilein Duinn   Ailein Duinn   Ailein Duinn (Rob Roy Version with Translation)   Ailein Duinn [From Rob Roy]   Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda   Alasdair Mhic Colla   Alasdair Mhic Colla (Translation)   Am Buchaille   Am Mur Gorm   An Ataireachd Ard   An Eala Bhan   An Fhideag Airgid   An Fhideag Airgrid   An fhideag airigid (The silver whistle)   An Gille Ban   An Rhibhin Donn   An T-Iarla Diurach   Aodann Srath Bhàin   At the end of the night   Beautiful Wasteland   Bonaparte   Both Sides the Tweed   Breisleach   Cape Breton Song   Chisholm Lament (translation)   Co Ni Mire Rium   Coisich a Ruin   Coisich A' Ruin   Coisich, a Rùin   Coisich, a Ruin   Crime of Passion   Crooked Mountain   Cumha Do Dh'uilleam Siosal   Cumha Do Dh'uilleam Soisal   Dean Cadalan Sàmhach   Dean Cadalan Samhach   Dean Sàor An Spiórad   Dean Saor An Spio, Rad   Early Morning Grey   Eilean A' Cheo   Evangeline   Fac thu na feidh   Fainne An Dochais   Fear / Allabain   Fear a Bhàta   Fear-Allabain   Finlay's   Fisherman's Dream   Fogsail An Dorus / Nighean Buhaidh' Ruadh   Fosgail An Dorus / Nighean Bhuidh'ruadh   Four Stone Walls   Gaol Troimh Aimsirean   Glen Orchy/Rory MacLeod   God's Alibi   Heart of the Highland   Hebridean Hale-Bopp   Hi Rim Bo   Hoireann O   I Feel The Winter Night Long (Translation)   Iain Ghlinn 'Cuaich   Iain Ghlinn' Cuaich   Lament For John ‘Garve’ MacLeod Of Raasay   Little Do They Know   M'ionam Air A' Ghille Bheag   Ma Theid Mise Tuilleagh   Maighdeanan Megaset   Maighdeanan Na H-airidh   Mi Le M' uilinn   Mile Marbhaisg (A Thousand Curses)   Milleadh Nam Braidhrean   Miracle Of Being   Move On   My Laggan Love/Fox on the Town   Nighean Dubh Nighean Donn   Nil Si I Ngra   Oh Mo Dhùthaich   Oh Mo Dhuthaich   Oh My Boatman (Translation)   Oh My Country (translation)   One more chance   Outlaws   Rann Na Mo, Na   Rapture   Rithill aill   S’Och A’ Dhomhnaill Oig Ghaolaich   Sardinia   Servant to the Slave   Shelter   Shieling Maids (Translation)   Skye Waulking Song   Sleep Softly, My Darling Beloved (Translation)   Soraidh Bhaum Gu Barraidh   Soraidh bhuam gu Barraidh   Stinging Rain   The Blue Rampart   The Crooked Mountain   The High Swelling Of The Sea (Translation)   The Miracle of Being   The Old Crone   The Price Of Fire   The Prince of Fire   The Tree   There's Always Sunday   Thiocfadh Leat Fanacht   Tighinn air a'mnuir an fear a phosas mi   To the Moon   Tobar Mhoire   Tobermory   Truth Calling   Waiting for the Wheel to Turn   When You Return   When You Return (widescreen mix)   Who Will Raise Their Voice?   Why Won't You Touch Me   You   You Will Rise Again

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