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4: DAX AX DEIRG.
Grad-Ie^^mailìll tliar bàrra nan tonn,
Gil fonn an rigli tlia 'n a eiginn !"
25 'S bu gharbh an doinionn a deas,
A' gleaclid r' ar siuil bhreid-gheal,
Tra thaom an oidhche 'n ar combdliail
Air ciian dobhaidh nan tonn beucacli.
CuMHAL. — " Ciod am fàtli blii 'g iidal cuain Ì
30 A's eilean fuar nan geodha crom,
A 'sgaoileadli a sgiatli 'n ar coineamh,
Gii'r dion o dlioininn na h-oidhclie.
Tha e crom mar bliogli' air glileus ;
Tlia e sèimli mar uchd mo gliaoil.
35 Caitlieamaid an oidhche 'n a sgeith,
lonad eibliinn nan aisling caoin !"
'S cliualas a' chomliachag a creig;
'S giitli broin 'g a freagairt a h-uaimh —
" Gutli Dlieirg," arsa Cumhal, " 's e th' ami !
40 A chain sinn 's a' cliuan onfliach,
Tra phill sinn o Lochlann nan crann,
'S gacli doinionn gu teann 'g ar leireadli.
Thog til inn an cinn romh neoil ;
Dli' fbàs slèiblite-ceò air lear ;
45 'S a' mliuir sholacli mbolach stiia'ghlas,
A' luasgadh o noir gu 'n ear —
' A Dlieirg sin am bàrra nan crann,
Is fann an iall ris an d'earb tliu ;
Mor-bbeinn cba 'n fhaic tliii gii bràtli !
50 Tha d'fhalt anrach air tiiinn 'g a luasgadh ;*
* Al. — " Dh'fholuicli tonna baite uainn thu."
Grad-Ie^^mailìll tliar bàrra nan tonn,
Gil fonn an rigli tlia 'n a eiginn !"
25 'S bu gharbh an doinionn a deas,
A' gleaclid r' ar siuil bhreid-gheal,
Tra thaom an oidhche 'n ar combdliail
Air ciian dobhaidh nan tonn beucacli.
CuMHAL. — " Ciod am fàtli blii 'g iidal cuain Ì
30 A's eilean fuar nan geodha crom,
A 'sgaoileadli a sgiatli 'n ar coineamh,
Gii'r dion o dlioininn na h-oidhclie.
Tha e crom mar bliogli' air glileus ;
Tlia e sèimli mar uchd mo gliaoil.
35 Caitlieamaid an oidhche 'n a sgeith,
lonad eibliinn nan aisling caoin !"
'S cliualas a' chomliachag a creig;
'S giitli broin 'g a freagairt a h-uaimh —
" Gutli Dlieirg," arsa Cumhal, " 's e th' ami !
40 A chain sinn 's a' cliuan onfliach,
Tra phill sinn o Lochlann nan crann,
'S gacli doinionn gu teann 'g ar leireadli.
Thog til inn an cinn romh neoil ;
Dli' fbàs slèiblite-ceò air lear ;
45 'S a' mliuir sholacli mbolach stiia'ghlas,
A' luasgadh o noir gu 'n ear —
' A Dlieirg sin am bàrra nan crann,
Is fann an iall ris an d'earb tliu ;
Mor-bbeinn cba 'n fhaic tliii gii bràtli !
50 Tha d'fhalt anrach air tiiinn 'g a luasgadh ;*
* Al. — " Dh'fholuicli tonna baite uainn thu."
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Dàn an Deirg; agus, Tiomna Ghuill (Dargo and Gaul) > (34) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78800300 |
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| Description | Two poems, from Dr. Smith's collection, entitled the Sean dàna, newly translated, with a revised Gaelic text, notes, and introduction, by C.S. Jerram. |
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| Shelfmark | H.M.215 |
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| Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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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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