Blair Collection > Cuairtear nan gleann âo Mhâairt 1840 [-March 1843]

24G Lutho Ddrcannach )ia BUadhna. []Jan.^
" Air t' uile tbrocair, O mo Dliia,
Tra dhearcas mi gu dliith,
A' mosgladli suas tha m' anam blath
Lo h-iogbnadli, gradh a's cliii."
Rinn a' mliaduinn, am feasgar, raeadlion la. agus meadhon-oidh-
che, dearbliadli a tlioirt domh air luaitbeas agus dilseacbd Dbe.
O I ciod a db' iocas mi dba airson lionmboracbd a tbrucairean
caomb ?
Acb a' bldiadbiia cbuldb seacliad bba i air a combarracbadb a
macb, mar an ceudna; mar bbliadiiua anrs iia tboilicb an Tigbear-
na deucbaiiinean trom a leigeil an caramli niuran dbaoine — do db-
iomadb aon bba i 'iia bliadbna blironacb. Mur a robb i mar so
dbombsa, bba i mar so do mbiltibb : is ioniada banntracb tbruagli
tba an nocbd a' caoidb companacb a b-6ige, leis an d' tbug i 'stigh
le cridbeahis a' bbliadiina 'db 'fbalbb, a tba 'nocbd gun fbear-taice
saogbalta, a' caoidb 'na b-aonar ; 's iomad leanabb tba 'g ionndrain
atbar no matbar a b' abbaist, air tus na bliadbna cbaidb soacbad,
combaraicbeangaoil a tboirt a stigb d' an ionnsuidb, agus am feas-
gar a dbunadb le seanacbas taitneacb, no le iirnuigb cbrabbach ;
agus is ioma paranta tursacb, bronacb, tba 'n nociid ag ionndrain
mic no nigbin a db' f bailticb iad gu cridbeil gradbacb, suilbbearra
toiseacli na bliadbna cbaidb seacbad, a tba 'n nocb.d gu f'uar, iosnl
san leabaidb cbaoil cbumbainn. 'S minig, sa' bbliadbna cbaidb
seacbad, a lean sinn do 'n uaigb cuirp na feadbnacb air an robb
sinn eulacb, agus air am faca sinn an f boid gborm no an leac tbrom
air a caramb.
Ciamar tba mise' latbair ? An ann gu bbeil mi ni's neartmboire,
ni's seolta ni's glioca, ni's treine na cacb ? An ann do bbrigb gu
bbeil mi ni's toillteannaicbe ? O cba'n ann ! Is ann do tbrucair-
ean Dbe, an Tigbearna, nacb 'eil sinn air ar caitbeanib — a cbionn
nacb 'eil faillinn air a tbrocairibb.
An robb a' bbliadbna cbaidb seacbad 'na bliadbna dbeucliainn-
eacb do mboran ? Co air nacb d' amais a cbuibbrionn fein do
tbriobluidean na beatba so ? — deucbainnean 'nan teagblaicbean
deucbainnoan 'nan coluinn, 'nam niaoin sbaogballa, no'nananama?
Tlieagamb gu 'n d' tbainig iad air muin a cbeile, gu 'n do bbuail
iad mar an tonn air muin tuinn. Nam bu liur do cbuid a dliaoine
sa' bbliadbna cbaidb seacbad na blia 'feitbeamb orra, gun teagamh
bbristeadb e an cridbeacban: gidbeadb, tbainig na deucbainneaa
orra, sbeas iad iad — tba iad beo, agus maitb db-aoidte striocbdte
fo laimb Dbe.
Sa' bbliadbna cbaidb seacbad, O 's iomad socbair a sbealbbaich
sinn ! — da sbabaid dbeng agus da fbicbead ! Ciod am feum a
rinn mi diiibb? 'S iomadb searmoin mbaitb dburacbdacb, gbradb-
acb, dbileas, a cbuala mi. Ciod am maitb a bbuatuiaicb mi? So
mo Bblobnll — na leugb mi e ? na smuainticb mi uime ? na leugh
mi e le urnuigb, le f'cin-rannsucbadb le cridbe stolda taingeil,
fiambacb? A' bbeil mi 'ga tbnigsinn ni's tearr na rinn mi aig