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GAELIC TEXT. 43
'N uair a luidheas an aois oirnn 's a dli' aognas ar
snuagh,
Ar ciabh 'dol an tainead, agus smal air ar gruaidh,
Bidh teugmhail nan comhlain a' comhradh gu
truagh,
Agus cairdean ar n-oige air somhladh san uaigh,
'S ann an sin bhios ar cridlie Ian mulaid 'us gaoid,
18 Ei smaointean air abliachd nan laithean a dh' aom.
! Ard-Eigh na cruinne, ceann-uighe ar duil,
Air an t-sneachda f hliuch, f hionnar dhuit a lubas
mi glun ;
'S guidheam gun orduich thu dhomhsa gu glic.
'Bhi 'cuimhneachadh d'orduigh'n gu h-umhal 's gu
trie,
Chum 'n uair chriochnaicheas m' astar ann an
glacaibh an aoig,
2-i Nacb cuimhnich thu m' fhailinn anns na laithean
a dh' aom.
13 A dh' aognas ar snuadh, ichen our bloom {comeli-
ness) fades.
Bidh teugmhail nan comhlain, diseases, pains, lit.
in groups. The expression is somewhat
obscure, but this is the meaning that best
accords with the context.
Air somhladh, got fewer {thinned) ; mulaid 'us gaoid,
smroio and disease.
19 Cruine, of this (ground) earth ; chief end of our hope.
'N uair chriochnaicheas, &c., when my journey ends
in the arms of death.
That you ivill not remember (i.e., forgive) my iveaJc-
ness {shortcoming) in the days that are gone.