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FIONXOHAL.
DUAN VI.
o Tràigh nam
/aoch, "shore
of whelks,"
probably a
misprint for
Tràiijh nam
faobfi, "shore
of spoils." —
Vide note 3.
90 Blia 'cheum samliacb air tràigli nam fiiocli,"
'S e 'feitheamh ua gaoith o tliuatli.
Chual e toirm gu fada tliall
'Am meadhon nan gleann 's a' clioill'.
" Thàinig òigfhear a nail o 'n chruaich,
95 'S e ceilte le cruaidh g' a clieann,
B' àill' a cliiabh 's bu dearg a ghruaidh,
A chruth mar slineachd nam fuar-bheann.
Bu tlàtli gorm-sliùilean nan rosg mall,
'N uair labhair e ri rìgli nan lann.
100 " ' Fuiricli, a Threuumhoh-, 's na falbli,
A cliuraidh 'tha garbli 'am measg dliaoine ;
Cha do ghdill duit mac Lonbliail nan lann ;
Bhuail a cblaidlieamli na sàir 's clia-n fliaoin e,
Cumaidh cbocas na scoid o 'iutliaidli.'
^ Uiilieanl in
song ; lit.
rmind whom
tlif' song has
not risen.
105 " ' A mhin òigfliir nan ciabh ban,'
Tliuirt righ nan lann, ' cha bhuail mi
Mac fir mu nach d'eirich dan ; ''
'S lag do gheal-liimh agus truagh i :
Imich, a dheaiTsa na h-òige,
110 Grad-iniich ou scòrr nan ruadhasj;.'
" ' Ma dh'imichcas,' tlmirt an t-òg,
* 'S ann le lann mhòr a th' aig Treunmor ;
Hl' walked along the silunt shove, an<l caHeil for tlie rusliiiij:; wind.
For loud and distant he heard tlie blast niurnmring behind tho
groves. Covered over with anns of steel, a son of tho woody (lor-
mal appeared. Red was his cheek and fair liis hair ; his skin like
tho snow of ^Morven. !Mild rolled his blue and smiling eye when
he .spoke to the king of swords.