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DAN CLAINNE MìHUIRNE.
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Tuirling, Ardain, * gu d' tlialla,
'S cum anam a mhioghair d' armaibh,
Cha b' ann diu' fin idir na treun'ir
A dh' èideadh le airm an righ fo.
— Anaim chrin, air tais
Airm ghaifge cha bhuin do d' laimh-fa ;
Imich gu d' Ihruthan diomhair,
Far nach eirich fuaim na hàraich.
Caith tviine le feidh nan aonach,
'S bi aofda le fòghnain uaighneach.
Caidil fan uaigh gun mhiadh gun cliliu,
Do leaba gun ùigh, 's do ihliochd gun f heoruich.
Aon is aon diu' tha crionadh,
IVIar rainich an Igè na carraige,
Ta fas, a' fearga' 's a' diothadh, .
Gun duLne clii no fliineas lamh riu.
— O'n fhafach thig ofunn a gheamhrai'
'S am bas le ghreann air a haghaidh,
Le mliile dorlach 's le choilion bogha :
Chi e fan fhafach an duinc lundach ;
* In the Highlands it vras believed, till of very latf,
that every old family-feat had fome guardian fpirit or genius
attending it. The ancient lures, and the modern lobbhis and
broiviiks, were names of rtuch the fame meaning with the
lacan dtnd^riingncA of the Highlanders.
Tairngidh e 'n tfreang, iiubhiaidh 'n tfaighead,
'S ge d' mharbh i cha'n fhaighear a crcuchdan :
Cha'n eiricli fonn le òigh no bard,
'S cha chàirich na feoid a leac ;
Bidh anam fan fhuar-cheo
(Mar iafg air reo-ihruth Lanna)
Am fuar-ghaile na gaoithe ga luafga,
Mar fliaighead fhuathais an fgrios a chrith-reo.
Cha 'n fhaicear a cheum air fleibhte,
No cheo air re'lean nam flaithean arda.
— Ni 'm b' amhuil, Ardain, do fniol-fa.
Mar thuinn a* dol fios do'n chath,
Le fgia dhuinn na doininn
A thogadh an tràs' a t f hardaich.
Ach treigidh fardach an laoich,
Mar chraoibh a leaga' le hofuinn,
Leumai' gach bras-fhruth thairte,
'S i tairfing air uifge Albha.
Ta 'n droighean uaine 'n fin bhla,
'S an dreas a' fas gu hùrar,
An raineach ri turram fa ghaoith,
'S am fraoch fo 'n eilid a' Ivibadh.
— Bhrùchd