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(Maróidh na hAlbanaigh as seo mé, nach ea? lol)

Dia dhaoibh, a chairde. I wanted to see what the Pixar song "Maighden Bhàn Uasal" which is in Scottish Gaelic, would look like side-by-side with an Irish Gaelic version, since the languages are pretty similar.

Mar sin d'aistrigh mé é.

I don't speak Irish fluently, and don't know any Scottish, so please give critiques!

Original Scottish Lyrics

A naoidhean bhig, cluinn mo ghuth
Mise ri d'thaobh, Ó mhaighdean bhàn
Ar rìbhinn òg, fàs a's faic
Do thìr, dìleas fhéin

A ghrian a's a ghealach, stiùir sinn
Gu uair ar cliù's ar glòir
Naoidhean bhig, ar rìbhinn òg
Mhaighdean uasal bhàn

My Irish version

A naíonán bhig, cluin mo ghuth

(Tá) mise le do thaobh, a mhaighdean bhán

Ár mbanríon óg, fás 'gus féach

Do thír dhílis féin

A ghrian 'gus a ghealach, treoraígí sinn

go uair ár gclú 's ár nglóire

naíonán bhig, ár mbanríon óg

mhaighdean uasal bhán

They turned out more similar than I thought they would.

What do you think?

Hello, everyone! Hope you are all doing well.

I guess I'll just tell you why I have these questions

I'm not learning Scottish Gaelic (I'm learning Irish Gaelic, actually). However, I have been entertaining some aspirations of learning the Scottish variant once I've mastered Irish. That's my first reason.

The second is that, someday, I want to write a book series (Think the fantasy version of Warhammer, where the world is based vaguely on Earth. My idea has a similar tone). My main characters will be set what's based on medieval Ireland (with some influences from Scotland, as well). So I starting thinking about this scene from the Pixar movie Brave, where Elinor sings the song "Maighdean Bhàn Uasal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0AD5-CDE3c&list=RDd0AD5-CDE3c&start_radio=1

So I have two questions. One, how good is Elinor's pronunciation, on a scale of 1 to 10? 10 is just like a native speaker, 5 is half-and-half, 1 is terrible.

Two, what does she say at 1:25 when Merida runs underneath the tapestry? From the Gaelic-phonetics I know, it sounds like..."A phúbnach chroích"? I mostly ask this second question out of curiosity.

Mòran taing and go raibh maith agaibh!

"Maighden Bhàn Uasal", but in Irish

How good is Elinor's pronunciation in "Maighdean Bhàn Uasal"/what does she say before she says "my brave wee lassie"?