Hew Morrison Collection > Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards
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'Na' dh' fhalbh dhe 'n cuid dhaoine,
Thàinig caoirich 'nan aite.
"S lag an sluagh 's gur a faoin iad,
Dol an carraid no 'n caonnaig,
Làn de bhracsaidh 's de chaoile,
'S iad fo dhraoigh 'llle Mhàirtin.
Cha dean smiùradh 'ur saoradh,
'N làthair batail air raontaibh,
No fead cìbeir an aonaich,
Gur e caochladh 'ur n-ànraidh :
'S ged a chruinneacheadh sibh caogad,
Mholt 'us reithichean maola,
'S beag a thogadh a h-aon diu,
Claidheamh faobharrach stàilinn.
Ciod e "m f àth dhomh bhi 'g innse,
Gu 'n d' fhàs sibh cho mìothar,
'S gu "n spothadh sibh frìde,
Far an dìreadh i fàrdain ?
I )h' fhalbh na ceannardan mìleant',
■(; an robh sannt air an fhìrinn,
Agus geall air an dìllsean,
Agus cuing air a' nàmhaid.
Air an tuath bha iad cuimhneach,
'S cha b' ann gus an sgriobadh,
Gu 'm biodh bantraichean 's dìUeachdain,
Dìolta gu saoibhir ;
Thàinig caoirich 'nan aite.
"S lag an sluagh 's gur a faoin iad,
Dol an carraid no 'n caonnaig,
Làn de bhracsaidh 's de chaoile,
'S iad fo dhraoigh 'llle Mhàirtin.
Cha dean smiùradh 'ur saoradh,
'N làthair batail air raontaibh,
No fead cìbeir an aonaich,
Gur e caochladh 'ur n-ànraidh :
'S ged a chruinneacheadh sibh caogad,
Mholt 'us reithichean maola,
'S beag a thogadh a h-aon diu,
Claidheamh faobharrach stàilinn.
Ciod e "m f àth dhomh bhi 'g innse,
Gu 'n d' fhàs sibh cho mìothar,
'S gu "n spothadh sibh frìde,
Far an dìreadh i fàrdain ?
I )h' fhalbh na ceannardan mìleant',
■(; an robh sannt air an fhìrinn,
Agus geall air an dìllsean,
Agus cuing air a' nàmhaid.
Air an tuath bha iad cuimhneach,
'S cha b' ann gus an sgriobadh,
Gu 'm biodh bantraichean 's dìUeachdain,
Dìolta gu saoibhir ;
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards > (119) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81341191 |
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Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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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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