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OF THE HIGHLAND CLANS.
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Siias am feile cuaichean,
su-as am feyle cu-aychea
'S dealg-gualainn a cuir air fastaidh ! —
's delg-gu-al-aynn a cuyr ayr fast-ay'
He, etc.
Up with the encircliug feyli-, (belted
plaid)
With the shoulder skewer to fasten it
(on high.)—
Hey, etc.
'S math a la 's a dh-oich u :
's ma' a la sa yoyoh n
Tha loinn ort am bemn 's an cladach ;-
ha loynn ort am beynn 'san clad-ach
'S math am feachd 's an sith u. —
's ma' am fee san si' u
Cha righ am fear a chuir as u. —
cha ri' am fer a cbuyr as u
He, etc.
Good is it day and night :
It is becoming on the mountain or
the beach ;
Good in peace or in war. —
He is no king who suppressed it. —
Hey, etc.
Shaoil leo gun do mhaolaich-so
haoyl le-o gun do vaol-aych-so
Faobhar nan Gaidheal tapaidh,
faov-ar nan gay'-el tap-ay'
Ach 's ann a chuir e'n gleus iad,
ach Sana a chuyr e'n gleys i-ad
'S an geuraidh mar fhaobhar ealtain,-
san geyr-ay' mar aovar elt-ayn
He, etc.
He expected to have blunted
The zeal of the noble Gael,
But, instead of doing so, he put them
on their mettle,
And made them keen as the razor's
edge. —
Hey, etc.
Ged bheireadh sibh an cridh' asainn,
ged veyr-e' siv an cri' as-aynn
'S air broillechean sios a shracadh,
sayr broyll-ech-en si-os a h-rac-a'
Cha toir sibh asainn Tearlach
cha toyr siv as-aynn ter-laoh
Fhad sa bhios an deo nar pearsa. —
ad sa vis an de-o nar persa
He, etc.
Although they should tear open our
bosoms,
And drag our hearts out of us.
They will not extract Charles
Wliile the vital spark remains. —
Hey, etc.
Ged chuir sibh oirne buarach,*
ged chuyr siv oyrne bu-ar-ach
Tiugh duaichnidh gur falbh a bhacadh,
ti-u' du-aych-ni' gur falv a vac-a'
Leannaidh sin cho luadh e
lenn-ay' sin cho lu-a' e
'S cho buain ri feidh air a ghlasraidh. —
's cho bu-ayn ri fey' ayr a ylas-ray'
He, etc.
Although they have put a shackle*
on us,
Dark, ugly, to trammel our motions,
We will follow and stick to him as
closely
And enduriugly as the deer to his
mountains. —
Hey, etc.
* A hair shackle put on the bind legs of resliff cows when being milked in the open fields.