Ile
Eadar Port Eilein agus ceann an rathaid
sìos dhan Oa
tha Eirinn cho teann ort
’ s a tha thusa orm fhìn
ann an dorchadas a’chàir
a’ tighinn air fàire
ann an solas buaile na gealaich
ann am priobadh gaoil is briseadh dùil
Translations of this Poem
Islay
Translator: Iain S. MacPherson
between Port Ellen and the road end
down to the Oa
Ireland’s as intimate to you
as you are to me
in the darkness of the car
appearing on the horizon
in the light of the moon’s aureola
in a blink of desire and disappointment
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Iain S. Mac a’ Phearsain
Iain S. MacPherson
Born in Canada, with Hebridean ancestry, Iain S MacPherson now works at the University of Ulster and is an editor and writer in Gaelic, English and French.Iain S. MacPherson
