Ma theid mise tuilleadh a Leodhas nam cruimeag,

Ma theid mise tuilleadh a dh'innis nam laoch,

Ma theid mi ri m'bheo dh'eilean Leodhais nam morbhe

Cha till mi ri 'm bheo as gun ordugh an ri gh.



Mu dheireadh an t-samhraidh, 's ann thdinig mi nall as

Bha'n teas orm trom, anns an am bhithinn sgith

Ag iasgath an sgadain a shamhradh 's a dh'carrach

'S a Bhruaich 's arm an Sealtuinn 's an Arcarnh nan tac



Bidh sgiobair a' stiuireadh 'n a chartabhas duinte

'S bidh is gu siubhlach a rusgadh nan tonn;

An fhairge 'n a cabhadh mu ghnallainn an fhasgaidh

'S na glinn a dol seachad 's a hailleard a' diosq.



'Nuair theid air an fheasgar 's a ruigear am banca

'S a gheibhear le cabhaig a mach aisd na lin

Guin teid sinn thar bord aist a steach do'n tigh-osda,

'S gun tarruing sinn stopa le oran math gaoil.



If I ever go again to Lewis of the maidens



If I ever go again to Lewis of the maidens

If I ever go again to the island of heroes,

If ever in this life I travel to Lewis of the highlands

I shall not return unless under the King's order



I left towards the end of summer

The heat was exhausting and I was weary

Fishing herring all spring and summer

In Fraserburgh and Orkney of the



The skipper steers in his canvas enclosure

As she (the vessel) glides gracefully over the sea

The sea swirls on the leeward side

As pass the glens with the halyard crack



When in the evening we reach the bank

And the nets are hurriedly unloaded

We go ashore and retire to the inn

Where we draw and measure to the cash to accompaniment of