Dòchas
Dòchas –
rionnag anns na speuran.
Dùil –
rocaid agus rionnag anns na speuran.
Creideamh –
adhar làn rionnagan.
Cinnt –
grian a’ deàrrsadh
Translations of this Poem
Hope
Hope –
star in the skies.
Expectation –
rocket and star in the skies.
Faith –
sky full of stars.
Certainty –
sun shining.
Source: Translation from Ronald Black (ed.), An Tuil (Polygon, 1999), by permission of Birlinn Ltd
About this poem
This poem was reproduced on a postcard for National Poetry Day 2015. Eight poetry postcards are published each year by the Scottish Poetry Library to celebrate National Poetry Day and are distributed throughout Scotland to schools, libraries and other venues. The theme for 2015 was ‘light’.
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