Текст и перевод песни Julie Fowlis - A Ghaoil, Leig Dhachaigh Gum Mhàthair Mi (Love, Let Me Home to My Mother)

A Ghaoil, Leig Dhachaigh Gum Mhàthair Mi (Love, Let Me Home to My Mother)

A ghaoil, leig dhachaigh gum mhàthair mi;
A ghràidh, leig dhachaigh gum mhàthair mi;
A ghaoil, leig dhachaigh gum mhàthair mi -
An tòir chrodh-laoigh a thàine mi.
Gur ann a-raoir a chuala mi
Mo ghaol a bhith ri buachailleachd,
′S ged fhuair thu 'n iomall na buaile mi,
A ghaoil, leig dhachaigh mar fhuair thu mi.
′S mi dìreadh ris na gàrraidhean,
'S a' teàrnadh ris na fàirichean,
Gun d′ thachair fleasgach bàigheil rium,
′S cha d' dh′ fheuch e bonn ga chàirdeis rium.
Ged bheireadh tu crodh agus caoraich dhomh,
Ged bheireadh tu eachaibh air thaodaibh dhomh,
Ged bheireadh tu sin agus daoine dhomh,
A ghaoil, leig dhachaigh mar fhuair thu mi.
Trodaidh m' athair ′s mo mhàthair riut,
Trodaidh mo chinneadh 's mo chàirdean riut,
Ach marbhaidh mo thriùir bhràithrean thu
Mura tèid mi dhachaigh mar thàine mi.
Gheall mo mhàthair gùn thoirt dhomh,
Gheall i ribean a b′ ùire dhomh,
Is gheall i breacan ùr thoirt dhomh
Ma thèid mi dhachaigh mar fhuair thu mi

Love, Let Me Home to My Mother (A Ghaoil, Leig Dhachaigh Gum Mhàthair Mi)

My love, let me home to my mother;
My heart, let me home to my mother;
My love, let me home to my mother -
For the sake of the cattle-fold I came from.
Last night I heard
That my beloved had become a shepherd,
And though you found me at the edge of the fold,
My love, let me home as you found me.
I will gather the gardens,
And tend the sheepfolds,
If only a beautiful youth will come to me,
And will not withhold his love from me.
Though you should give me flocks and sheep,
Though you should give me horses with saddles,
Though you should give me these and people too,
My love, let me home as you found me.
My father and mother will fight with you,
My kindred and my friends will fight with you,
But my three brothers will kill you
If I do not go home as I came.
My mother promised to give me,
She promised me the finest ribbons,
She promised to give me a new tartan cloak
If I would go home as you found me