Paroles et traduction Julie Fowlis - Thig Am Bàta

Thig Am Bàta

Thig am bàta àill i ò
Ro àilleagan àill i ò
Moch a-màireach haoi ò
Ro àilleagan àill i ò
Bidh m′ athair innte
'S mo thriùir bhràithrean
Mo chèile donn
Air ràmh bràghad
Gheibh iad mise
Air mo bhàthadh
Togaidh iad mi
Air na ràmhan
Mo thrusgan donn
Snàmh na fairge
Mo chuailean donn
Am measg nan carraigean
Mo bhroids airgid
Am measg nan gainmheach
Cha b′ e 'n t-acras
Chuir dhan tràigh mi
Miann an duileasg
Miann nam bàirneach
Sòraidh eile
Gu mo phàisdean
Fear dhiubh bliadhna
Fear a dhà dhiubh
A' fear bliadhna
Nach eil làidir
Dh′ fhàg mi e
As a′ chùlaist
Iarraidh e a-nochd
Cìoch a mhàthar
Ma dh' iarr chan fhaigh e
Ach sùgan sàile
O mo mhollachd
Aig bean eudaich
Dh′ fhàg i mise
'S an sgeir bhàthte
Thig am bàta
Moch a-màireach
Gheibh iad mise
Air mo bhàthadh.

Come to Me at the Strand

Come to me at the shore, my love
Among the white strands, my love
Early tomorrow morning
Among the white strands, my love
My father will be in it
And my three brothers
My brown-haired lover
On a sturdy oar
They will find me
As I'm drowning
They will lift me
Onto the oars
My brown-haired darling
The ocean swims
My brown curls
Among the rocks
My silver brooch
Among the sand
It wasn't hunger
That sent me to the shore
The wish for the seaweed
The wish for the barnacles
Another comfort
To my children
One of them a year old
The other two
The one-year-old
Who is not strong
I left him
In the cradle
He is crying tonight
For his mother's breast
If he asks, he will not get it
But saltwater
From my curse
From the evil woman
She left me
On the drowning rock
The boat will come
Early tomorrow morning
They will find me
As I'm drowning.