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Bior 'nad dhearn fhein na fàisg ;
D' easbhuidh ri d' nàmhaid na rùisg ;
Eoinn * sgeine ri d' iTieòil na eisd ;
Beist nimhe ri d' blieù * na diiisg.
Na bi gu sracanta borb ;
Na taghail gnu lorg an sruth ;
'S na tigeadh a mach as do bheul
Aon ni 'thoilleas duit fein guth.^
Na dean tàir air buirbe fir ;
Na Ò1 balgum garbh a goil ; ®
N' tra 'chi tliu 'n ealtuinn ghlan gheur,
Saltair gii seimb seach a saidhJ
Na bi ro nihòr 'us na bi beag ;
Air ial-ni ^ na caith do chuid ;
Air gbràdh h-òinich na tog trod,
'S na h-ob i ma 's b-eiginn duit.
Na bi caithriseacli air sràbh ;
Na dean cnàid air duine bochd ;
Na mol 's na dimoil an daoi,
Na gu 'm faigbear saoi gun loclitl.
A laoigb, o 's leòr d' òige,
Na còmhdaicb cùis cbònnspaid ;
Na rùisg le rabhladh do bhladb ; ^
'S na tog aobhar gun ùghdair.
1 'eadair in Gillies. ^ Al. urram. ^ faobliar in G. text in Macintosh.
* do d' dheoin ia G. text in M. ^ ivhich will earn you rejproadi.
^ Al. Na cuir fearg air fuiibidh fir,
'S na toir balgum à dian-ghoil.
Al. Na buad dòrn, &c.
^ Tread softly by its edge. ^ a trifle. The ' Cuairtear ' version of
the second and third lines of this verse is,
'S 'an co-oil na cosd do chuid ;
A tigb niilidh na tog greigh.
* Don't expose your ciw.racter by coarse jesting.
COMHAIRLEAN CHORMAIC DO 'MHAC.
These verses follow those above in Gillies's Collection ; the
first three ironical, the rest serious.
'An tus, 'g a fheuchainn, thuhhairt e.
'N i;air a theid thu 'thigh an oil,
Tionndaidh a' choir bun os cionn ;
Suidh gu somalt' air cuid chàich ;
Dimoil 'us na pàidh an leann.
Bior 'nad dhearn fhein na fàisg ;
D' easbhuidh ri d' nàmhaid na rùisg ;
Eoinn * sgeine ri d' iTieòil na eisd ;
Beist nimhe ri d' blieù * na diiisg.
Na bi gu sracanta borb ;
Na taghail gnu lorg an sruth ;
'S na tigeadh a mach as do bheul
Aon ni 'thoilleas duit fein guth.^
Na dean tàir air buirbe fir ;
Na Ò1 balgum garbh a goil ; ®
N' tra 'chi tliu 'n ealtuinn ghlan gheur,
Saltair gii seimb seach a saidhJ
Na bi ro nihòr 'us na bi beag ;
Air ial-ni ^ na caith do chuid ;
Air gbràdh h-òinich na tog trod,
'S na h-ob i ma 's b-eiginn duit.
Na bi caithriseacli air sràbh ;
Na dean cnàid air duine bochd ;
Na mol 's na dimoil an daoi,
Na gu 'm faigbear saoi gun loclitl.
A laoigb, o 's leòr d' òige,
Na còmhdaicb cùis cbònnspaid ;
Na rùisg le rabhladh do bhladb ; ^
'S na tog aobhar gun ùghdair.
1 'eadair in Gillies. ^ Al. urram. ^ faobliar in G. text in Macintosh.
* do d' dheoin ia G. text in M. ^ ivhich will earn you rejproadi.
^ Al. Na cuir fearg air fuiibidh fir,
'S na toir balgum à dian-ghoil.
Al. Na buad dòrn, &c.
^ Tread softly by its edge. ^ a trifle. The ' Cuairtear ' version of
the second and third lines of this verse is,
'S 'an co-oil na cosd do chuid ;
A tigb niilidh na tog greigh.
* Don't expose your ciw.racter by coarse jesting.
COMHAIRLEAN CHORMAIC DO 'MHAC.
These verses follow those above in Gillies's Collection ; the
first three ironical, the rest serious.
'An tus, 'g a fheuchainn, thuhhairt e.
'N i;air a theid thu 'thigh an oil,
Tionndaidh a' choir bun os cionn ;
Suidh gu somalt' air cuid chàich ;
Dimoil 'us na pàidh an leann.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases > (439) |
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Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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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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