| 1. Ailein duinn a ni ‘s naire | Dark-haired Alan, my dearest jewel |
| 2. ’S goirt ‘s gur daor a phaigh mi mal dhut | Endless grief the rent it cost me |
| 3. Cha chrodh laoigh ‘s cha chaoraich bhana | ’Twas neither sheep nor even cattle |
| 4. Cha bu chlachan ‘s cha bi chais’ e | Neither cheese nor even ballast |
| 5. Ach an luchd a thaom am bata | But the load the ship took with her |
| 6. Bha m’athair oirre ‘s mo thriur bhraithrean | Brothers three and my own father |
| 7. ‘S laoigh mo chium a rinn mi arach | Gone my child grown to manhood |
| 8. Chan e sin gu leir a chraidh mi | As if this wan’t all my burden |
| 9. Ach am fear a ghlac air laimh mi | One to whom my heart was given |
| 10. Leathanach a’bhroillich bhainghil | Skin like snow, McLean, my own one |
| 11. A thug o’n chlachan Di-mairt mi | Took me from the church on Tuesday |
| 12. Fhaoileag bheag thu, fhaoileag mhar’ thu | Seagull, seagull from the ocean |
| 13. Thig a nall is innis naidheachd | Come to me and tell me plainly |
| 14. Cait an d’fhag thu na fir geala? | Where you left my own, those fair ones? |
| 15. Dh’fhag mi iad ‘s an eilein mhara | Left alone with sea surrounding |
| 16. Cul ri cul is iad gun anail | Back-to-back, no longer breathing |
| 17. O gur mise th’air mo sgaradh? | What is it that so torments me? |
| 18. Gu bheil do leabaidh anns an fheamainn | That your bed should be the seaweed |
| 19. Gur iad na roin do luchd faire | None but seals to be your mourners |
| 20. Do choinnlean ard na reultan geala | Stars on high to be your candles |
| 21. ‘S do cheol fidhle gaoir na mara | The murmuring sea your song of passing |