from The Bruce - by
A! Fredome is a noble thing
/ Fredome mays man to haiff liking.
/ Fredome all solace to man giffis,
/ He levys at es that…
freedom
The Tradition - by
For years I wandered hill and moor
/ Half looking for the road
/ Winding into fairyland
/ Where that blacksmith kept a forge
/
/ Who’d heat red…
from The Bruce - by
A! Fredome is a noble thing
/ Fredome mays man to haiff liking.
/ Fredome all solace to man giffis,
/ He levys at es that…
An Tiona - by
Nuair a bha mi sa bhun-sgoil
/ fhuair mi tiona sleamhainn tana
/ far an cuirinn m’ fhaclan
/ sgrìobhte air sgoltaidhean pàipeir.
/
/ Chan eil cuimhne agam…
I Opened A Book - by
I opened a book and in I strode
/ Now nobody can find me.
/ I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,
/ My town…
Gift - by
A day so happy.
/ Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden.
/ Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers.
/ There was no thing on…
Encounter with Freedom - by
Like an enormous wave
/ that lies down over my heart.
/ Like the stunning beauty
/ of the wind over the pines.
/ Like an immense, vital…
from We Continue - by
It is time to continue
/ And today I greet you here
/ As if for the first time
/
/ Compañeros/Hermanos/Hombres y Mujeres
/ Gentes del Sol
/ Del Caribe
/ De…
Grains of Rice - by
They leave rice fields to travel far and wide:
/ who doesn’t count on them for sustenance?
/ Doffing their golden coats, they bask…
Free as a Bird - by
Unattached
/ With no roots
/ With no barrier
/
/ Free as a bird
/ I want to be
/
/ Despite the fears of freedom
/ Despite the vulnerability of the unattached
/ Despite…
from Nomad in the sunset - by
This time he fell in the abyss on his horse, and the Sun fell with him
/ And his voice never reached…
The Poet’s Voice - by
I don’t want freedom gram by gram, grain by grain.
/ I have to break this steel chain with my teeth!
/ I don’t…