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Language: Translations

Èigh Dheireannach - by Rody Gorman

{ Poem }

San Departure Lounge airson
/ Barraigh ‘s Beinn a’ Bhaghla,
/ Cailleach thapaidh leatha fhèin a’ feitheamh
/ Ris an èigh dheireannaich
/ Agus guth gu h-àrd ag…

Caitean air Uachdar Loch Eiriosort - by Ruaraidh MacThòmais
Derick Thomson

{ Poem }

Caitean air uachdar Loch Eiriosort
/ ’s an t-anmoch ann,
/ bha an latha samraidh fada,
/ gruth is bàrr a’ coinneachadh:
/ tha an gaol a leanas…

Còdaichean - by Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul
Angus Peter Campbell

{ Poem }

Cho faisg ’s a tha mi air còd ùr :
/ còd na h-aoise.
/
/ Tha an còrr dhe na còdaichean
/ snaidhmnichte mum…

Thonder they ligg - by Douglas Young

{ Poem }

Frae the Gaelic o George Campbell Hay
/
/ “Thonder they ligg on the grund o the sea,
/ nae the hyne whaur they…

Òran Arras - by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna
Donald MacDonald

{ Poem }

ʼIllean, march at ease!
/ Righ na Sìth bhith mar ruinn
/ Aʼ dol chun na strì
/ …

Òran a’ Phuinnsein - by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna
Donald MacDonald

{ Poem }

ʼFhearaibh, a bheil cuimhn’ agaibh
/ An là thàinig am puinnsean oirnn
/ ʼNar seasamh anns na truinnsichean
/ ʼS gun nì…

Air an Somme - by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna
Donald MacDonald

{ Poem }

An oidhche mus deach sinn a-null
/ Bha i drùidhteach a’ sileadh,
/ Bha mi fhèin ’nam laighe ’n…

Am Bogsa-Litrichean - by Meg Bateman

{ Poem }

Dh’fhan mo litir ris a’ phosta,
oidhche Shathairne, oidhche Dhòmhnaich,
ràinig i Dùn Èideann, chaidh a fosgladh,
sheas i greiseag air a’ phiàna;

Loch Coimpiutair: Dàn Gaoil - by Meg Bateman

{ Poem }

Loch an Iomair’s my treasure, cradled in sphagnum / high in the hills between arms of rock / with lobelia pricking…

A-rithist - by Pàdraig MacAoidh
Peter Mackay

{ Poem }

Bhithinn nam dhotair, bheirinn leigheas ’son do phian,
/ bhithinn nam thidsear, chuirinn faclan air do mhiann,
/ bhithinn nam bhràthair athair piuthar màthair…

Soondscapes - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

I da dizzied hoose, a strum of flechs baet
/ endless drums fornenst a frenzied window.
/ Belligerent, dey want nedder in nor oot.
/
/ Apö…

Dòchas - by Maoilios Caimbeul
Myles Campbell

{ Poem }

Dòchas –
/ rionnag anns na speuran.
/
/ Dùil –
/ rocaid agus rionnag anns na speuran.
/
/ Creideamh –
/ adhar làn rionnagan.
/
/ Cinnt –
/ grian a’…

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