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1 5 . MAC-NA-BRACHA
'Nuair a rinn am Bàrd an t-òran roimh-sgrìobhta, thàrladh
gu'n robh Duanaire àraidh 'na nàbuidheachd, a bha 'n dùil
gu'n robh e-fein cho comasach air an uisge-bheatha a dhiteadh
'sa bha 'm Bàrd air a mholadh ; agus thòisich e air anns na
briathrean so : " Hò rò cha toigh leinn drama, leannan nam
fear aimhreith," etc. Rinn am Bàrd an t-òran a leanas ann an
èiric an òrain sin.
Metre : Sètrad mor (Seudna), 8 2 +7 x
Luinneag
'S toigh linn drama, lion a' ghlaine,
Cuir an t-searrag sin a nail ;
Mac-na-brach' an gille gasda,
Cha bu rapairean a chlann.
Ge b' e dhi-mol thu le theangaidh, 5
B'olc an aithne bha 'na cheann,
Mur tig thu fhathast 'na charaibh,
Gu'm beil mo bharail-sa meallt'.
Na'm b' e duine dha nach b' èol thu,
Dheanadh fòirneart ort le cainnt,
Cha bhitheamaid fèin 'ga leanmhuinn,
Chionn 's gu'm biodh do shealbh air gann.
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1 5 . MAC-NA-BRACHA
'Nuair a rinn am Bàrd an t-òran roimh-sgrìobhta, thàrladh
gu'n robh Duanaire àraidh 'na nàbuidheachd, a bha 'n dùil
gu'n robh e-fein cho comasach air an uisge-bheatha a dhiteadh
'sa bha 'm Bàrd air a mholadh ; agus thòisich e air anns na
briathrean so : " Hò rò cha toigh leinn drama, leannan nam
fear aimhreith," etc. Rinn am Bàrd an t-òran a leanas ann an
èiric an òrain sin.
Metre : Sètrad mor (Seudna), 8 2 +7 x
Luinneag
'S toigh linn drama, lion a' ghlaine,
Cuir an t-searrag sin a nail ;
Mac-na-brach' an gille gasda,
Cha bu rapairean a chlann.
Ge b' e dhi-mol thu le theangaidh, 5
B'olc an aithne bha 'na cheann,
Mur tig thu fhathast 'na charaibh,
Gu'm beil mo bharail-sa meallt'.
Na'm b' e duine dha nach b' èol thu,
Dheanadh fòirneart ort le cainnt,
Cha bhitheamaid fèin 'ga leanmhuinn,
Chionn 's gu'm biodh do shealbh air gann.
90
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| Description | By William Ross ; collected by John MacKenzie. New edition, revised with metrical translation, memoir, glossary, and notes by George Calder, 1937. Added title page in Gaelic, entitled: Orain Ghaidhealach. |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.78 |
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| Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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