’S biodh aoibh oirbh ann am Fionn-Airidh.
Beannachd le beanntaibh mo ghaoil!
Far am faigh mi fiadh le lagh:
Gu ma fad’ an coileach-fraoich
A’ glaodhaich ann am Fionn-Airidh.
The chorus consists of Eirich agus tiugainn, O, “Let us rise and come away,” [repeated three times], with a fourth line, “Farewell, farewell to Finary.” The following rendering is an adaptation by the writer. The form “Finorie” is used to preserve a sort of sympathetic sympathy with and likeness to terms with similar endings in Lowland ballads, such as “Glenorie,” etc. This form has also more sympathy with the music:—
Translation:
The day is good, the wind is fair;
The sands of time the hour declare;
There rides the boat that hence will bear