Blair Collection > Sar-obair nam bard gaelach, or, The beauties of Gaelic poetry, and lives of the Highland bards

SAR-OBAIR NAM BAUD GAELACH.
Sill saiiihuil do bhriathraibh an laoicli.
Ach, chiithnich an taliunh niu'n cuairt,
'N tra thog iad an sleaj^han ard ;
Thuit craubban le m* freumbacb biiuint',
'S cbrith creagan fo chasan nan treun?
A's b'um iad o'n leabaidh tbuiinb.
'S iomadh cruaidb a bha a truaill,
A's saigbead a siubliul a b-iubbar.
Bba scoid ag ambarc an stri,
'S da 1 igb a gU*ac' gu boib.
Tbuit sgiath Sbunair gu lar,
'S thai* a sbloigh tbiùge le liamb ;
Thog Mordubh a sbleagh gu b-ard,
Acb cbun' e uchd a nàimh gun sgiatb*
Bha smaointeau air gnioinbun uucbd,
A's gnleidh e lainih air ais.
Bba Moribalt air agbaidh 's a ibatb—
Leis tliuit laocb air gacb buiib;
Sheas Cpann-ffadhna blio tbuath an cc-iii ;
Bha airde mar rbraoibb fo blà.
Dh'aom rlann Alha air an ais,
O sgt'itb laidir mar stuadh o cbarraig,
Ambuil darag aosda nan ard,
'S na siantan ri comlistrl dhiaii.
Ach togaidh tu do ciu-ann le buaidh
Tba maiseacb, gun bbeud o'n stoirm :
Mu d' tbimcbeall tba dion gacb uair ;
'S tbig an sealgaù- o'n fbuacbd a d' dhlùtbas,
A's gheibh e dion o'n iunnrais thuair ;
Mar sin tba sgiath an laoicb da shluagb.
Thog MorfhoU a shleagb gu cuchd,
A'» ghabh e'n rùdbail a ghaisgicb,
S bu gbàbbaidh cùmhrag nam fear borb ;
Fhrcaguir maivtalla nan creag
Do dir ftiuaim an lannaa glas' gcura —
Chuir iad coill a's fraoc.h a bun,
Le 'n casan air uilinn an t-slfìbbe—
A's chrithnii-h clanna nan crÌ(Mi,
Ag coinihead ri gniouib nan ti-eiin-nie.u-
Is mor a ghreis a thug na seoid,
'S na sloigh a coimbt-ad an iSucbdan ;
Ach cblaon iad araon air an fbruoch,
'S iuil cbraobbacb a ruith o'n creuchdaibh.
Sin labhair Mort'holt na mur gbniomIi>
Cba'n eiricb mo sbleagh iii 's niù ;
'S cba ruisgear mo cbruaidh 's a chath.
Tba aon bbrathair agam fòs,
Mas' a beò e, Solbha treun,
Sealgairan fbeidb air liunar:
Ma tbuiteas tu leis gheìbb tbu cliù^
Oir cha tnù an t-òg gun mbcang.
An do thog mi mo lamb, 's mo lann,
A Mhorfhuilt, a t-agbaidb, mo bbrathair?
A sbeol an tùs dbomb cleasan lùgb ;
Ach, ni 'ii t-sleagb ni 's mo.
Fàram lamb mo bbrathair cbaoinili,
'S gu 'a càram an so e ri m' tbaobb.
Theid sinn le cheile air chuairt,
Gu teach ar n' athraicbean thug buaidh;
Biodh ar leabaidh 's an nial,
An ionadan sian nan taibbse.
Chnal an sluagh balbh a gliloir,
'S bu mhor am bròn air son an laoich.
Tbi^ich Siol Locbliiinn g' an cabhlach,
A's shit dcoir iVihurdbuibh mar bbraon ;
Pbilleairaisashuinn--
Thog iad leac-ligbeguh-ard,
A's sbeinn am bard cliù an t-seiod.
Tha darag aosda na r.hòir,
'S na mheuraihb mtir tba sranna ghaoth—
Tha dealan an adhair mu'n cuair,
'S cha tig fear turais na dhàil—
Seacbnaidti e 'n t iuil nacb àdli,
An aimsir nan reulltan cian —
Tha da thaibbse unrii cuairt an cùmbnaidh.
Le acain bnrori tiia suitjlial air biaiitailb.