The words to Òran Beinn Lì were written by Màiri MacPherson (1821-1898, nee MacDonald), best known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (big/great Mary of the Songs). It commemorates a struggle on Màirí's native Isle of Skye, when crofters protested the withdrawal of grazing rights on the slopes of Beinn Li.

The Battle of the Braes took place in 1882. Màiri Mhòr "composed this song in May 1887 after crofters from the Braes district of Skye received word from the Land Court that they had won the right to graze their livestock on Ben Lì and that their rents would be lowered. ... ...

"In the song the “farmers of Valtos” were the first people to refuse to pay the increased rents and “Pàrnell” was Charles Stewart from Valtos, nicknamed after the Irish Land Leaguer, Charles Stewart Parnell. The “Satan” referred to is Sherriff Ivory and the “angels” are the policemen. Having been imprisoned and then taken to court for his part in the Braes incident Stewart was found to be innocent."

quoted from https://thepeoplesvoice.glasgow.ac.uk/song-ben-li-cathy-ann/

spoken word recording will help with pronunciation

sung by Catherine Ann Mac Phee

sung by Art Cormack

TRANSLATION of shorter version

Give thanks to the people under the Queen’s rule who gave us such a steadfast law that we will not lose Ben Lì.

Send greetings with gladness to the farmers of Valtos who were at the front in the battle and who did not weaken in the struggle.

Give greetings to “Pàrnell” who beat “The Satan”, to the extent that he will never be seen again approaching this area.

When he came the first time, with fifty “angels” under his command, he put five men in irons at the boundaries of Ben Lì.

They were borne away by the “angels” and locked in a prison, and despite the power of their enemies they still have the land of Ben Lì.

The kind women who carry themselves so courteously, their skulls were broken on the slopes of Ben Lì.

That’s the shapely hill which was fortunate for the Queen. There’s no hill in Scotland today as famous as Ben Lì.

Although the Cuillins and Glàmaig are among the most beautiful of mountains, the history will only be associated with the slopes of Ben Lì.

source https://thepeoplesvoice.glasgow.ac.uk/song-ben-li-cathy-ann/
(I don't know whether or not this is Donald Meek's translation)                   n)