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Gaelic poems

Ma tha thu air ruighinn cho fada seo - by Pàdraig MacAoidh
Peter Mackay

{ Poem }

Ma tha thu air ruighinn cho fada seo,’s cinnteach gun d’fhuair thu iasad air baidhg gus rathad na mòine a ghabhail, seachad air an loch ’s a’ chrannóg, tro na muilnean-gaoithe, ’s tarsainn na mòinteach gu far am bi na Klondykers gu bràth air acair far a’ chosta,far an do chuir thu romhad fàgail, le […]

Crann-cuinnse - by Pàdraig MacAoidh
Peter Mackay

{ Poem }

Taobh a-muigh na h-uinneag-sa tha an canal cho trang sa bhitheas e. Tha na lachan, na cearcan-uisge ’s na faoileagan uile cha mhòr air fàs a-nis, na h-iteagan aca laidir is grinn gu leòr gus teicheadh air sgiath. Tha am bliadhna a’ tionndadh, ma-thà, agus sluagh nam fèisean a’ lìonadh nan treànaichean ’s nan itealan […]

Ciad Dreach - by Pàdraig MacAoidh
Peter Mackay

{ Poem }

Aon fheasgar dh’èist mi ri Belleand Sebastian ag ullachadhairson craoladh beò air The Review Show,a’ cluich an aon òrain trupsa rithist thairis air seachdno ochd uairean a thìdeann am fosglan Phacific Quay.A chiad trup bha gràin ormair an òran – a chianalas lasachagus rèidheachd sìmplidh –ach an dèidh deich, dusan turasbha an adhar san togalach […]

Am Bùrach - by Pàdraig MacAoidh
Peter Mackay

{ Poem }

Tha am bùrach a’ coiseachd tarsainn Drochaid Sheòrais, a’ brunndail ‘Àidh Bhith’ ‘Àidh Bhith’ mar gum b’e geasa th’ann ’s tron chlach tha bùrach nan linnteana’ sruthadh sìos a Geata nam Bà mar chofaidh tro uachdar reòite.Dhèanadh na Ròmanaich bùrach agus theireadh iad fois ris,ach uaireannan chan eil dad a dhìth ort ach bùrach:am faireachdainn […]

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…

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