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34 GAELIC TEXT.
Tha lochran dealrach, dait', nan speur
^-N^ir teirneadh sios do 'n cliuan,
\V^ tonnan uain' na h-airde 'n iar
52 Ag iadhadh air mun cuairt.
Sgaoil an oidhch' a cleoc' mun cuairt,
Cha chluinn mi fuaim sa glileann ;
Ach an ceardabhban, le siubhal fiar,
56 Ri ceol a's tfamhaidli srann.
A ghlinn ud shios, a ghlinn ud sliios,
A ghlinn a's ciataich' dreach,
A' tionndadh uait 'dhol thar do shliabh
60 Mo bheannachd siorruidh leat !
Analysis.
56. A's tiamhaidh srann is adjective to ceol.
58. A's ciataich' dreach is adjective to ghlinn.
59. Whole line is Enl. of Subject.
60. Tha is understood.
Parsing.
52. Ah=air e, a Prep. Pronoun ; mun cuairt =
around, an adv. phrase, but really cuairt is
a Noun, gov. by inn.
53. A, her, is the Poss. Pronoun j a, ichich, 56, is
relative.
57. Ud, yon, is Demonstrative Adjective ; shios is
an adjective here, qual. ghlinn.
59. The a' here is the Verbal Particle ag tionndadh.
60. Leat = le thu, icith you.