| Manx | English | |
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| GYN-OAYL[1]. | Lost | |
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[1] oayl] — (familiarity with) one’s surroundings.
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| Gyn-oayll, gyn-oayll er thalloo lhome, | Lost, lost on desolate land, | |
| Myr keyrrey cailt va mee, | Like a lost sheep I was, | |
| Er-shaghryn ass yn cassan cair | Having strayed from the proper path, | |
| Tra orrym huitt yn oie. | When upon me the night fell. | |
| Ro-anmagh arrys va mee goaill, | Too late I repented, | |
| Va giat y clieau[2] nish jeight, | The mountain gate now shut, | |
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[2] giat y clieau] ‘the mountain gate’ also, ‘the Mountain Road (Ramsey to Douglas).
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| My lomarcan ayns dorraghys, | Alone in darkness, | |
| Er chassan lioryms reiht. | On a path chosen by me. | |
| Eisht: ren mee clashtyn bochilley, | Then: I heard a shepherd, | |
| Ass dorrid v’eh dty ghra, | From a darkness he was saying, | |
| “Chyndaa, chyndaa, ayns shoh ta’n raad | “Turn, turn, here is the way | |
| As oayll son ayds dy bra.” | And you know where you are evermore. | |
| CUSHAG. | CUSHAG. | |