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28-LINN AN AIGH-THE HAPPY AGE.
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bha GJiilig
the birds in
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laigna h-e6in
Gaelic sang
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Bha'iu 1 bainiie air
Milk lay like dew
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on the lea;
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air IbJirr an fliraoich,
to honey sprang,
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ADd everything
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cho I saor 's am burn,
was good and free.
Cha robh daoin' a' paidheadh mail ;
Orra cha robh ckin no els —
lasgach, sealgach agus coill
Gun fhoighneachd aca 'us gun phris.
Cha robh cogadh, cha robh cbmhstri ;
Cha robh connsachadh no streup aun ;
H-uile h-aon a' gabhail cbmhnuidh
Anns an t-sebl 'bu debin leis fh^in e.
Cha robh guth air crich no tbir;
Bha gach diul 'tigh'nn beb an sith ;
Peum 's am bith cha robh air mbd,
'Us lagh na cbrach air a' chrldh'.
Dh' br no dh' airgiod cha robh miagh ;
Sbgh 'us fialaclid air gach Ikimh ;
Cha d' fhiosraich bochduinn duine riamh,
Ni 's mb a dh' iarr neach riamh cuid chliich.
Bha caoimhneas, comunn, iochd 'us grhdh
Anns gach ait am measg an t-sluaigh,
Eadar fax an d' eiiich grian
"Us far an laidh i niar 's a chuain,
An uair bha Gkilig aig na h-ebin.
No tax or tribute used to fall
On honest men, nor any rent;
To hunt and fish was free to aU,
And timber without price or stent.
There was no discord, war or strife,
For none were wronged and none oppressed;
But every one just led the life
And did the things that pleased him beat
All lived in peace, there was no sort
Of prey or plunder, feud or fight;
There was no need for any court—
Their hearts contained the law of right.
For gold or silver no one cared.
Yet want and woe were never near;
All had enough, and richly fared.
And none desired his neighbour's gear.
Love, pity, and good-will were spread
Among the people everywhere,
From where the morning rises red
To where the evening shineth fair,
When all the birds in Gaelic lang.
Gaelic BODg by J. MACCCABAia.