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34 GAELIC TEXT.
Tha lochran dealracli, dait', nan speiir
Air teirneadh sios do 'n chuan,
'Us tonnan uain' na h-airde 'n iar
52 Ag iadhadh air mun cuairt.
Sgaoil an oidhch' a cle6c' mun cuairt,
Cha chluinn mi fuaim sa ghleann ;
Ach an ceardabhban, le siubhal fiar,
56 Ri ceol a's tiamliaidh srann.
A ghlinn ud shios, a glilinn ud shios,
A ghlinn a's ciataich' dreach,
A' tionndadh uait 'dhol thar do shliabh
60 Mo bheannachd siorruidh leat !
56. A's tiamhaidh srann is adjective to ceol.
58. A's ciataich' dreach is adjective to ghlinn.
59. Whole line is Enl. of Subject.
60. Tha is understood.
Parsing.
52. Air=aM' e, a Prep, Pronoun; mun cuairt =
around, an adv. phrase, but really cuairt is
a Noun, gov. by mu.
53. A, her, is the Poss. Pronoun ; a, lohich, 56, is
relative.
57. Ud, yon, is Demonstrative Adjective ; shios is
an adjective here, qual. ghlinn.
59. The '«' here is the Verbal Particle ag tionndadh.
GO. Leat=le thu, ifith you.