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110 REPORT ON THE
greater Irregularity in the compofition, feme verfea
being very beautiful, both in idea and in language»
while others are rude and coarfe in both. General-
ly Dr Smith's edition of the fame poem is much
preferable to Kennedy's ; but there are paffages in
which the reverfe is the cafe. To a perfon well ac-
quainted with the Gaelic, it is impoffible for any
tranflation to convey the beautiful fimplicity of the
following ftanzas in Kennedy's Diannad, which the
Committee is therefore tempted to give here in the
original, for the amufement, as well as the exami-
nation of the Gaelic fcholar ; fubjoining at the fame
time a verfion, of which the chief merit is its faith-
fulnefs, a quality which mufl however injure both
its fmoothnefs and its dignity,
Bu ghuirme do fliuil no'n dearc.
Air uileann nan leacann ard,
'Sbu chiuine iomairt do rofg,
Na feinah ofnach air feur fàire,
Ivjar dhrifmne greine t fhalt,
Am-lubach, casJubach, ar-bhuidh 5
Tha do chneas co geal 'fan cobhar,
A laoich, nach d' f hoghain na blair dhuit \
'Sdubhach mi gun iolach fholais,
Ach tuirfe bnroin a' fior eughach,
A chruit chiuil is binne mire,
Cha duifg mo chroidhe gu heibbneas.
Thuit
greater Irregularity in the compofition, feme verfea
being very beautiful, both in idea and in language»
while others are rude and coarfe in both. General-
ly Dr Smith's edition of the fame poem is much
preferable to Kennedy's ; but there are paffages in
which the reverfe is the cafe. To a perfon well ac-
quainted with the Gaelic, it is impoffible for any
tranflation to convey the beautiful fimplicity of the
following ftanzas in Kennedy's Diannad, which the
Committee is therefore tempted to give here in the
original, for the amufement, as well as the exami-
nation of the Gaelic fcholar ; fubjoining at the fame
time a verfion, of which the chief merit is its faith-
fulnefs, a quality which mufl however injure both
its fmoothnefs and its dignity,
Bu ghuirme do fliuil no'n dearc.
Air uileann nan leacann ard,
'Sbu chiuine iomairt do rofg,
Na feinah ofnach air feur fàire,
Ivjar dhrifmne greine t fhalt,
Am-lubach, casJubach, ar-bhuidh 5
Tha do chneas co geal 'fan cobhar,
A laoich, nach d' f hoghain na blair dhuit \
'Sdubhach mi gun iolach fholais,
Ach tuirfe bnroin a' fior eughach,
A chruit chiuil is binne mire,
Cha duifg mo chroidhe gu heibbneas.
Thuit
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| Description | Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.d.31 |
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