Chì Mi Na Mòrbheanna
(I See the Great Mountains)
by Iain Camshron

[Scots-Gaelic]
[Rough Phonetic]

[ Sèist ]
O chì, chì mi na mòrbheanna,
O chì, chì mi na còrrbheanna,
O chì, chì mi na coireachan,
Chì mi na sgoran fo cheò.

[ Rann 1 ]
Chì mi gun dàil an t-àite 's an d' rugadh mi,
Cuirear orm fàilt' 's a' chànain a thuigeas mi,
Gheibh mi ann aoidh agus gràdh 'n uair ruigeam
Nach reicinn air thunnaichean òir.

Sèist

[ Rann 2 ]
Chì mi ann coilltean, Chì mi ann doireachan,
Chì mi ann maghan bàna is toraiche,
Chì mi na fèidh air làr nan coireachan,
Falaicht' an trusgan de cheò.

Sèist

[ Rann 3 ]
Beanntaichean àrda is aillidh leacainnean,
Sluagh ann an comhnuidh is còire cleachdainnean
'S aotrom mo cheum a' leum g' am faicinn
Is fànaidh mi tacan le deòin.

Sèist

 [ Chorus ]
Oh xHee, xHee meenah more-vyanna
Oh xHee, xHee meenah core-vyanna
Oh xHee, xHee meenah coy-reckan
xHee meenah skoran foe k-yoh.

[ Verse 1 ]
xHee mee gun DAHL-an tahtcheh sahn drugah mee,
Kur-rur orum fahl-chuh suh xHannan uh-hug-yiss mee,
Yev me awn eye agus grAH noor rug-yem
NaCH ray-keen ayr hunny-kin oar.

Chorus

[ Verse 2 ]
xHee mee awn coil-tyun, xHee mee awn do-ree-CHun,
xHee mee awn ma-GHun BAW-na iss torry-CHa,
xHee mee nah FAY ayr LAHR nahn corry-CHan,
Fa-leeCHt ahn troos-gan jay k-yoh.

Chorus

[ Verse 3 ]
BYAWN-tee-Chun AR-shta iss AH-lee LYECHK-anan,
SLOOah awn ahn CONE-ee iss COR-ye CLECHK-ganan
SOO-trum moe CHAYM ah LAYM gum feye-keen
Iss FAH-nee mee TAH-can leh JEOWN.

Chorus

#] Oh I see, I see the great mountains.
Oh I see, I see the lofty mountains.
Oh I see the corries.
I see the peaks beneath the mist.
 1] I see right away the place of my birth.
I will be welcomed in a language which I understand.
I will receive hospitality and love when I reach there
That I would not trade for tons of gold.
2] I can see wood there, I see thickets (groves) there,
I see fair, fertile lands there,
I see the deer on the ground of the corries
Shrouded in a garment of mist.
 3] (waiting on translation of 3rd verse).

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