Scartha le fada uaim | Scartha le fada uaim

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Gabriel Rosenstock

Lang hae we parted been

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: IRI

Lang hae we parted been,
  Lassie my dearie;
Now we are met again,
  Lassie lie near me.

     Chorus:
Near me, near me,
Lassie lie near me;
Lang hast thou lien thy lane, 
Lassie lie near me.
     
A' that I hae endur'd,
  Lassie, my dearie,
Here in thy arms is cur'd,
  Lassie lie near me.
     Near me, near me...

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , title 1: "Scartha le fada uaim", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 14
Word count: 58

Scartha le fada uaim

Language: Irish (Gaelic) after the Scottish (Scots)

Scartha le fada uaim
            ’Stóirín mo chléibhe
Seo sinn le chéil’, a rún,
            ’Stóirín luigh taobh liom.
 
Chorus
Taobh liom, taobh liom,
’Stóirín luigh taobh liom;
Fada id’ luí leat féin
’Stóirín luigh taobh liom.
 
Gach ní a bhuair mo chroí!
            ’Stóirín mo chléibhe,
Leigheas thú ar gach imní
            ’Stóirín luigh taobh liom

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from Scottish (Scots) to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2016 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
This author's work falls under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons license.

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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 53