Ossian Collection > Sean dain, agus orain Ghaidhealach

D A I N
A G U S
GRAIN
G H A I D H E A , L A C H,
M O R D U B H *.
AM bheil thufa air fgiathan do luathas,
A ghaoth, gu triall led' uile neart ì
Thig le cairdeas a dh'ionnfuidh m'aois,
Thoir fgrlob eutrom thar mo chraig.
Comh-aois m'oige ghlac an t-eug.
'S uaigneach m'aigne 'n uaimh mo bhròin.
'S mòr mo leòn fo làinah na h-aois :
Ofaig tha 'g aftar o thuath, na dean tuafaid rium 's mi lag.
Bha mi uair gu'n robh mo cheura
Cho eutrom riutfa, a ghaoth.
Mo neart mar chraig a' Chruaidh-mhill ?
'S iomadh cath 'fna bhuail mi beum.
*S trie taibhfe mo naimhdean ag aftar
Le ceum lag o bheinn gu beinn.
Ach thig am do bhroin-ra, a ghaoth,
A 'Nuair
* This beautirul fragment is part cf the origiaal of the poem which
Mr Clark has tranflated into £nglilh, in his Caledonian Barbs, un-
der the title of Mqrduth,