A'Mhàiri Bhòidheach
(Beautiful Mary)

Recording
Julie Fowlis
Album: An Darna Umhail (2005)



A mhàiri bhòidheach, 's a mhàiri ghaolach
A mhàiri bhòidheach gur mòr mo ghaol ort
A mhàiri bhòidheach gur tu a chlaoidh mi
'S a dh'fhàg mi brònach gun dòigh air t'fhaotainn

A mhàiri bhòidheach gur mòr mo ghaol ort
Gur tric mi cuimhneachadh ort 's mi m'aonar
Ged a shiùbhlainn gach ceum den t-saoghal
Bidh t'ìomhaigh bhòidheach tighinn beò gach taobh dhìom

'S truagh nach robh mi's mo mhàiri bhòidheach
Ann an gleannan faoin is ceò air
'S ged bu rìgh mi's an roinn eòrpa
Chan iarrainn pòg ach bho mhàiri bhòidheach

Ach chithear fèidh air a sgèith 's na speuran
Chithear iasg air àird nan slèibhtean
Chithear sneachda dubh air geugan
Mu'm faicear caochladh tighinn air mo spèis dhut

Guma slàn do mo mhàiri bhòidheach
Ge b'e àite sam bi a còmhnaidh
'S e mo dhùrachd cho fad 's is beò mi
Gum bi gach sòlas aig màiri bhòidheach

A mhàiri bhòidheach, 's a mhàiri ghaolach
A mhàiri bhòidheach gur mòr mo ghaol ort
A mhàiri bhòidheach gur tu a chlaoidh mi
'S a dh'fhàg mi brònach gun dòigh air t'fhaotainn


Beautiful Mary, beloved Mary
Beautiful Mary, great is my love for you
Beautiful Mary, you have troubled me
And left me sad that you will not be mine 

Beautiful Mary, great is my love for you
Often I think of you when I'm alone
Though I would travel the world
Your beautiful image would surround me 

How I wish that beautiful Mary and I
Were in an empty glen filled with mist Though I were the King of Europe
I would only want a kiss from beautiful Mary 

Deer will be seen on the wing in the skies
Fish will be seen on the mountain heights
Black snow will be seen on the branches
Before my love for you changes

  Farewell to my beautiful Mary
Wherever she may reside
My eternal wish
Will be every happiness for beautiful Mary 

Beautiful Mary, beloved Mary
Beautiful Mary, great is my love for you
Beautiful Mary, you have troubled me
And left me sad that you will not be mine

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