Hew Morrison Collection > Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards
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Duine smearail, deas, treubhach,
Bu sgafanta ceum air an t-sràid,
Bu cheann feadhna nior, beachdail,
Laidir teom thu neo-thais ami a' spàirn.
Tha mi sgith dhe na roidean,
Cheart cho direach, 's cho còmhnard, "s tha 'n tràigh,
'S ann a dlnireas mi mhointeach,
Bho nacli cuimhneaclian solais do churn ;
Ann a' làrach na coise,
Far nach d' fhuair thu cur socair air làr,
Luidh an t-Eug ort a thiota,
Aig an aon Dia tha fios mar a bha !
Righ ! gur h-oil leam do cheile
'N am luidh' agus eirigh 'us tàmh,
I gun sunnd air gair' eibhinn,
'S tu gun diisgadh 's a" leine chaoil bhàin :
'S lag a guallainn fo 'n eallaich,
Agus luasgan fo h-anail le cràdh,
Chionn a fàgail "n a h-onar,
Agus fad a' cur ff<)ir ort 's a' churn.
Rug an dil oirnn am bliadhna,
'S goirt an sgriob a thug fiaclan an t-sàihh,
Mar tha fuaradh na bochdainn,
'S ann tha thuar air a' chnoc a' bhi fas ;
Mallachd buan air an dosgaidh.
Thus: i uainn na cinn stoca cho trath.
Bu sgafanta ceum air an t-sràid,
Bu cheann feadhna nior, beachdail,
Laidir teom thu neo-thais ami a' spàirn.
Tha mi sgith dhe na roidean,
Cheart cho direach, 's cho còmhnard, "s tha 'n tràigh,
'S ann a dlnireas mi mhointeach,
Bho nacli cuimhneaclian solais do churn ;
Ann a' làrach na coise,
Far nach d' fhuair thu cur socair air làr,
Luidh an t-Eug ort a thiota,
Aig an aon Dia tha fios mar a bha !
Righ ! gur h-oil leam do cheile
'N am luidh' agus eirigh 'us tàmh,
I gun sunnd air gair' eibhinn,
'S tu gun diisgadh 's a" leine chaoil bhàin :
'S lag a guallainn fo 'n eallaich,
Agus luasgan fo h-anail le cràdh,
Chionn a fàgail "n a h-onar,
Agus fad a' cur ff<)ir ort 's a' churn.
Rug an dil oirnn am bliadhna,
'S goirt an sgriob a thug fiaclan an t-sàihh,
Mar tha fuaradh na bochdainn,
'S ann tha thuar air a' chnoc a' bhi fas ;
Mallachd buan air an dosgaidh.
Thus: i uainn na cinn stoca cho trath.
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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 > (150) |
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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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