Blair Collection > Treatise on the language, poetry, and music of the Highland clans

270 THE
Bha mi uair nach do shaoil mi,
va mi u-ayr nacb do liaoyl mi
Ged is faoin bhe ga agradh,
ged is faoyn vi ga agra'
Gu'n rachadh do bhathadh,
gun racha' do va'-a'
Gu brath air cuan farsuinn.
gu bra' ayr cu-an farsuyn
Hu-a ho, etc.
Fhad sa sbeasadh a stiuir dhi,
ad sa hesa' a sti-uyr yi
'S tu air cul a buil bhearte,
stu ayr cul a buyl verte
Dh-aindeon anradh nan duilleaii,
yayn-en an-ra' nan duyllen
Agus ubraid na mara. —
agu8 ub-rayd na mara
Hu-a ho, etc.
Fhad sa fhanadh ri cbeile
ad sa yan-a' ri cheyle
A dealean 's a h-achuinn,
a delen sa hach-uynn
'S b-urrainn di geilleadh
'3 burrayn di geylle'
Do d' laimh tbrein air an aigeal, &c. —
do dlayv hreyn ayr an aygel
Hu-a ho, etc.
MUSIC
The day has been that I did not think,
Although it is vain to repeat it,
Thou ever couldst have been drowned
In an open sea. —
Hu-a ho, etc.
While the helm should endure,
And thou shouldst be in the com-
mand,
Despite the fierce war of the elements,
And the angry tumult of the ocean. —
Hu-a ho, etc.
So long as should remain together
The planks and the gearing,
And she could obey
Thy strong arm on the deep, &c. —
Hu-a ho, etc.
I submit a few verses of " Gillidh Guanach" for the same reason, namely,
more for the sake of the air than the verses. In Tait's Magazine of June 1829,
I gave an imitation of verses supposed to have been written by the hero of this
song, after an accidental interview he had with the authoress of the following
verses, when both were married.
AN GILLIDH GUANACH. — THE GAY OU VOLATILE YOUTH.
'S ann di-doiiaich a dol do'n chlachan,
san di-donaych a dol don chlachan
Aghabh mi beachd ort a measg nan ceud ;
a yav mi bechd ort a mesg nan ceyd
Ge be goraich e na faoineachd,
ge be goraych e na faonechd
When going to the clachan on Sunday,
I admired thee among hundreds ;
And, whether from folly or vanity,
'N sin cheangail gaol sinn an snaim nach Love (then) tied us to one another
'n sin chengayl ga-ol sinn an snaym nach with a tie that will never relax.
geil.
geyl