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14 GAELIC AND ENGLISH POEMS.
LONGING.
How long, O Lord ! liow long,
Must I in patience wait.
Among the weary throng,
Around Thy golden gate Ì
To Kedar's lonely tents
No kindred spirits come ;
And my poor soul laments
Her distance from her home.
On bitter herbs I feed,
On Mesech's hated hills ;
The pasture green I need
By Judah's fragrant rills.
Come in Thine own time. Lord,
To set my spirit free ;
I lean upon Thy word,
And calmly wait for Thee.
LOCHABAR.
FONN : — " Tha 'ghaoth niar cho caithreaviach
O, 's àrd a tha do bheanntaichean,
'S gur boidheach fiamh do ghleanntaichean,
'S iad sgeadaichte na'n greannoiread,
'Nixair 'thig an Samhradh oinm.
Gur fraochach, feurach, blàth-mhaiseach,
Do thulaichean 'us d'aileinean,
'S 'am measg do fhlùrain aireamhear
An lili ban 's an ros.
'S a' mhadainn mhuich bu chùbhraidh leani
Am fàile 'us trom-dhriiichd orra,
Gu soilleir, braonach, cùirneineach,
Ga'n ùrachadh 's gach por.
LONGING.
How long, O Lord ! liow long,
Must I in patience wait.
Among the weary throng,
Around Thy golden gate Ì
To Kedar's lonely tents
No kindred spirits come ;
And my poor soul laments
Her distance from her home.
On bitter herbs I feed,
On Mesech's hated hills ;
The pasture green I need
By Judah's fragrant rills.
Come in Thine own time. Lord,
To set my spirit free ;
I lean upon Thy word,
And calmly wait for Thee.
LOCHABAR.
FONN : — " Tha 'ghaoth niar cho caithreaviach
O, 's àrd a tha do bheanntaichean,
'S gur boidheach fiamh do ghleanntaichean,
'S iad sgeadaichte na'n greannoiread,
'Nixair 'thig an Samhradh oinm.
Gur fraochach, feurach, blàth-mhaiseach,
Do thulaichean 'us d'aileinean,
'S 'am measg do fhlùrain aireamhear
An lili ban 's an ros.
'S a' mhadainn mhuich bu chùbhraidh leani
Am fàile 'us trom-dhriiichd orra,
Gu soilleir, braonach, cùirneineach,
Ga'n ùrachadh 's gach por.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Poems and songs > (26) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76082313 |
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Description | Gaelic and English. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.83 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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