Òran Ailein / Leaving Strathconon Runrig

[Òran Ailein: Rory Macdonald & Bruce Guthro]
Teine oidhche geamhradh
'Nar sheasamh air an lar
Sheinn sinn oran Ailein
Seist is rann
'S an treana ruith cho taibhseil
Mar cuimhne tron ghleann
'S iomadh loit nach tig slan

[Leaving Strathconon]
[Verse 1: Bruce Guthro]
We're the emigrant ones
Not the last in the line
You're your father's son
And I am mine
And all of our northwords
Turn distant and small
In the end they mean nothing
No, nothing at all

[Verse 2: Bruce Guthro & Rory Macdonald]
Right here's the river's source
And it flows out to the world
And the heart of Caledonia
Is drowning in its flood
Was there hunger (hunger) in our striving (striving)
Did the light shine in our dark
Was everything we ever needed
Always right here from the start