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Ã’ran Eile

Uilleam Ros
William Ross

Tha mise fo mhulad san àm,
Chan òlar leam dram le sunnd;
Tha durrag air ghur ann am’ chàil
A dh’fhiosraich do chàch mo rùn;
Chan fhaic mi dol seachad air sràid
An cailin bu tlàithe sùil –
‘S e sin a leag m’ aigne gu làr
Mar dhuilleach o bhàrr nan craobh.

A ghruagach as bachlaiche cùl,
Tha mise gad ionndrainn mòr;
Ma thagh thu deagh àite dhut fèin,
Mo bheannachd gach rè g’ ad chòir;
Tha mise ri osnaich nad dhèidh
Mar ghaisgeach an dèis a leòn,
Na laighe san àraich gun fheum,
‘S nach tèid anns an t-sreup nas mò.

‘S e dh’fhàg mi mar iudmhail air treud,
Mar fhear nach toir spèis do mhnaoi,
Do thuras thar chuan fo bhrèid,
Thug bras shileadh dheur o m’ shùil;
B’ fheàrr nach mothaichinn fèin
Do mhaise, do chèill ‘s do chliù,
No suairceas milis do bhèil
As binne na sèis gach ciùil.

Gach anduin’ a chluinneas mo chàs
A’ cur air mo nàdar fiamh,
A’ cantainn nach eil mi ach bàrd
‘S nach cinnich leam dàn as fiach –
Mo sheanair ri pàigheadh a mhàil
Is m’ athair ri màileid riamh –
Chuireadh iad gearrain an crann
Is ghearrainn-sa rann ro cheud.

Is fad’ a tha m’ aigne fo ghruaim,
Cha mhosgail mo chluain ri ceòl,
Mi ‘m breislich mar ànrach a’ chuain
Air bharraibh nan stuagh ri ceò;
‘S e ionndrainn d’ àbhachd bhuam
A chaochail air snuadh mo neòil,
Gun sùgradh, gun mhire, gun uaill,
Gun chaithream, gun bhuadh, gun treòir.

Cha dùisgear leam ealaidh air àill’,
Cha chuirear leam dàn air dòigh,
Cha togar leam fonn air clàr,
Cha chluinnear leam gàir nan òg;
Cha dìrich mi bealach nan àrd
Le suigeart mar bhà mi ‘n tòs,
Ach triallam a chadal gu bràth
Do thalla nam bàrd nach beò.


Uilleam Ros
William Ross

from Gaelic Songs by William Ross, collected by John Mackenzie; new edition revised (with metrical translation …) by George Calder (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1937)

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Uilleam Ros
William Ross1762 - 1791

Uilleam Ros, known as the Gairloch Bard, was the schoolmaster in the township during his short life. More than a local bard, he is regarded as the leading Gaelic love poet of the eighteenth century.
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