+ O Cho Meallt (Much Deception)
Nuair a bha sinn og is saor
Thoisich sinn a' seinn 's a Ghaidhlig
Sniomh ceol is a sgriobhadh orain
'S a' cluaich 'nar comhlan 'son ar beoshlaint
O cho meallt is a tha an saoghal

Dh'fhag sinn eileanan an iar
'S thoisich sinn a' cluich tro Alba
Is bha gnothaichean mar bu choir
Gun do nochd an duine mor a Lunnain
O cho meallt is a tha an saoghal

"Abair ceol a th'agaibh an seo
O nach tig sibh comhla riumsa
Is ni sinn adhardas tron an t-saoghal
Direach cur t-ainm aig bonn a' phaipear"
O cho meallt is a tha an saoghal

"Chan atharraich min an ceol agaibh ann
Chan atharraich mi na h-orain Ghaidlig"
Ach chuala sinn mu dheireadh thall
Na breugan 's na faclan falamh
O cho meallt is a tha an saoghal

Sibhse a tha og agus saor
Stad mas cur sibh ainm ri paipear
Is cum a mach sùil 'son nan daoine mora
An saoghal fuar tha ag adhradh airgead
O cho meallt is a tha an saoghal

traduction

When were young and of independent spirit
We started singing in Gaelic language
Making music, writing songs
Playing in a band for our livelihood
There is much deception in the world

We left the islands of the west
And started playing throughout Scotland
And all was well
Until the big man from London appeared
There is much deception in the world

"This music has potential
Why don't you consider letting me take control
And we will make great progress in the world
Just sign your name at the bottom of this page"
There is much deception in the world

"I will not change the nature of your music
I will not alter your attitude to Gaelic language songs"
But all we heard at the end of the day
Were lies and empty words
There is much deception in the world

Now all of you that are young and of independent spirit
Take heed before you sign any contract
And keep a good look out for the 'big' talkers
From a cold world that makes profit its only goal
There is much deception in the world

+ This Darkest Winter
On a long dark loch on a Uist moor
Before the winter turned
We watched the circle round the moon
And the storm clouds gather round

So I turned to you but you were gone
So I turned for home alone
Over last year's rotting corn I walked
Where the harvest winds had blown

[The Blinding Lines have turned away
Shadows from your door
And my worn heart is young today
This darkest winter gone]

Where the darkness whines on an eerie wind
In the hour before the dawn
We scanned this wasted land for life
All seemed void and without form

So I turned to you but you were gone
So I stood and watched alone
Where the doubting clouds of firstlight formed
Their shapes across the soul

[Refrain]

So I turned my collar to the wind
And I asked myself in vain
Did I walk out there with you today
Or did I come alone?

But then I saw a distant sight
A heart behind the grey
Come shining through the darkest sky
Establishing my way

[Refrain]

+ Lifeline
Hear the call of the wind
Feel the dying answer

Steel on the mind
Cold in the veins
Torture and trial
Sunrise over the limits
Conquest and fire

[I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive on a lifeline
I'm alive, I'm alive
Spirits provide
I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive on a lifeline
Come to the mountain and climb]

You cry in the wilds
Hope on the ledges
Your heart's in the stars
Night's in your eyes
The rockface inclines
Hold her, leave her
Rise to glory
Over mankind

[Refrain]

Hear the call of the wind
Feel the dying answer

[Refrain]

+ Air a'Chuan (On the Open Seas)
Tha am ball air fhuasgladh
Is tha sinn a' gluasad
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan
Tha sinn a' seoladh
Tro thonnan uaine
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan

Air cursa deonach
Tha sinn a' seoladh
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan
Fad bho thir
Is an talamh aghmhor
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan

Is mi a' sealltainn mun cuairt
Is mi cho fada bhuat
Cail ach muir, tonnan is cuan
O mo rùn

Tha a' ghaoth a' seideadh
Nan tonnan fiadhaich
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan
Tro thonnan fiadhaich
Is droch shide
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan

Cho domhain an cuan
Cho luachmhor an uair
Nach mair fada buan
O mo rùn

Sinn a' treabhadh
Tron an oidhche
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan
Siubhal sabhailteachd
Is madainn shunndach
Air a' chuan, air a' chuan

Thig crioch air an t-saoghal
Is thig crioch air daoin'
Ach mairidh ceol is mairidh gaol
O mo rùn

traduction

The ropes have been undone
And we are set adrift
On the open seas
We are sailing on
Through the green waves
On the open seas

On a willing course
We keep sailing
On the open seas
Ever far from land
And the glorious soil
On the open seas

And as I look around me
I feel my distance from you
Separated by the relentless ocean
My love

The wind is rushing
Through the wild waves
On the open seas
Through raging seas
And the brooding weather
On the open seas

The ocean is unfathomable
And the time that lever lasts
Is too previous
My love

And so we journey on
Through the night
On the open seas
Searching for safe waters
And the peaceful morning
On the open seas

The world will come to an end
A conclusion will come for mankind
But music and love, they will last forever
My love

+ Dance Called America
The landlords came, the peasant trials
To sacrifice of men
Through the past and that quite darkly
The presence once again
In the name of capital, establishment
Improvers, it's a name
The hidden truths, the hidden lies
That once nailed you to the pain

Of dance called America
They danced it round
And waited at the turns
For America
They danced the ladies round

The candles of enlightenment
Once lit they say don't burn
To turn the darkest room of suffering
To a greater state of pain
Don't tell me that's behind you now, don't greet me
Don't meet your dying blind
It's our very last stand together
So let's sever, no regrets

[They did a dance called America
They danced it round
And waited at the turns
For America
They danced their ladies round]

There were days that once held confidence
Strength of will and mind
The camouflage that washed your fathers
Your sons and daughters time
Another tongue, my love, my island
You've gone international
With all the praying men of God
Who stood and watched it all go on

[Refrain]

+ The Everlasting Gun
So here you go you're on your own
The flower blooms so freely
For fortune, musket, fife and drum
Your faking days won't leave you
'Cause young man now you nurse the gun
You're nervous in the morning
'Neath shattered skies your body lies
On the dark side of reason

The blood is lusting in your heart
Your flesh red hot and lonely
And vengeance gulps the bitter cup
That once held wine so sweetly
But young man, legends still unfold
For regiment, for glory
You search for gold like you've been told
And the light of day won't leave you

[But run
You'll never turn and run
The everlasting gun
Your day will surely come
You'll never run]

For fickle kings you click the heel
Where a bleak moon leans so weary
Forgotten names on faceless graves
Your father's home awaits you
Oh, the warrior is not the fool
The refugee of freedom
But the outlawed man who holds no gun
On the dark side of reason

[Refrain]

+ Skye
How can't you see
The wilderness growing free
Time wounded and scarred
Stroking away the years

It's hard to believe
But memories are old ghosts
Mountains of black and gold
Sunsets falling over the moor

[Oh take me there
's na horo eile, horo bho
's na horo bho, hillean o
's na horo eille ho
Take me there]

You take your dream
And make life what you feel
Appearances lead to deceive
This drama so far from me

Destiny
On facts aching wings
Wild geese fly low over your shores
Hearts sailing over the trees

[Refrain]

Chi mi an t-eilean uaine
Tir nam beanntan arda
Ceò a' tuiteam tron a' ghleann
'Na shineadh air do raointean

[Refrain]

traduction

I see the green island
Land of the high hills
Mists falling through your valleys
And lying down on your fields

+ Cnoc Na Feille (The Hill at the Market Stance)
Gun dragh gun d' chuir e an t-eagal oirnn
Solus Cnoc na Feille
(Hoginn oro horo illean horo eile)

Bha feadhainn ann a chunnaic e
'S cach ag inns' nam breugan
(Hoginn oro horo illean horo eile)

Ach muinntir an dà shealladh
Chitheadh iadsan co-dhiubh e
(Hoginn oro horo illean horo eile)

Hoginn o, hoginn o, horo horo illean
Hoginn o, horo illean, hoginn o horinn o

Tha lach is geadh is curracag
'Nan caraidean air a' mhachaire
(Hoginn oro horo illean horo eile)

Tha feannag air a crochadh suas
Ceangailt le ròpa
(Hoginn oro horo illean horo eile)

Tha coineanach 'sa ghainmheach
Na sheasamh, abair urchaire
(Hoginn oro horo illean horo eile)

Hoginn o, hoginn o, horo horo illean
Hoginn o, horo illean, hoginn o horinn o

traduction

It is without doubt that it frightened us
The light at the market stance
(Hoginn oro horo boys horo eile)

There were those that could see it
Others liked to believe they could

Those with the second sight
They had no difficulty

The duck, the greylag and the lapwing
Together sharing the machairlands

A dead crow hangs on the fence
Tied with a length of rope

A rabbit is sitting on the sand dunes
Presenting himself a perfect target

Hoggin o, hoggin o, horo horo boys
Hoggin o, horo boys, hoginn o horinn o

+ The Wire
We listened into the Ice Age
And we built up man round the Picts
And the daybreak hammered out warning
To the weak

And we dreamed on moor with passion
Down the long lochs bluer than eyes
'Till the mists of bygone ages
Heard our cries

I've seen us among thousands
All of one name waiting to run
And when the charge came, heather on heartbeat
Steel on gun

The old rock leaves us with fossil
From the ancient pagan rites
From the universal inroads
Back to Christ

[Transmitting, transmitting
Breaking down the wire
Transmitting, transmitting
Breaking down the wire]

As we look out over the morning
And the days of this life's spring
And the joy of Gaelic's lifeblood
Made me sing

Watching your beauty on this journey
With the flick of youth in your eyes
Let us snow this olden heartland
Reap the time

[Refrain]

+ An Ataireachd Ard (The High Surge)
An ataireachd Bhuan
Cluinn Fuaim na h-ataireachd ard
The torunn a' chuain
Mar chualas lean s' e nam phaisd
Gun mhuthadh gun truas
A sluaireadh gainneamh na tragh'd
An ataireachd bhuan
Cluinn fuaim na h-ataireachd ard

'S na coillten a siar Chan iarrain fhuireach gu brath
Bha m'inntinn 's mo mhainn
A riamh air lagan a bhaigh
Ach iadsan bha fial
An gniomh an caidreamh 's an agh
Air sgapadh gun doin
Mar thriallas ealtain roimh namh

Ach suibhlaidh mi uat
Cha ghluais mi tilleadh 'nad dhail
Tha m'aios is mo shnuadh
Toirt luaidh air giorrad mo la
An am dhomh bhi suaint
Am fuachd 's an cadal a bhais
Mo leabaidh dean suas
Ri fuaim na h-ataireachd ard

traduction

The ceaseless surge
Listen to the surge of the sea
The thunder of the ocean
As I heard it when I was a child
Without change
Without pity
Breaking on the sand of the beach
The ceaseless surge
Listen to the high surge of the seas

In the woods of the west
I would not want to remain forever
My mind and my desire were always
On the little hollow by the bay
But those folk
Who were generous in affection
In their happiness
And in their acts
Have been scattered defenceless
As a flock of birds flees
In front of their enemy

I shall move away
I shall no longer stay beside you
My age
And my looks
Speak of the shortness of my days
But when I am wrapped
in the cold sleep of death
Make up my bed
By the sound
Of the high surge of the seas

+ The Ferry
Well, the captain called from ship to shore
And the green light slipped away
The captain called for another song
The day was getting late

For the distant light of the Weavers Point
The Lochmor faced the gale
With your Gaelic sons in the city long
Round the saloon by the stairs

She tossed around till the sun went down
And she fought her way to the shore
The fever of this sea believes
The boys are coming home

+ Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh
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