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An Rathad - by Ruaraidh MacThòmais
Derick Thomson

{ Poem }

’S e rathad geal a bha ruighinn na mara
/ ri mo chiad chuimhne,
/ is a’ chairt ga thachais,
/ a’ chairt ga phronnadh ’s…

Do Bheithe Bòidheach - by Deòrsa Mac Iain Deòrsa
George Campbell Hay

{ Poem }

Neul a’ snàmh air an speur,
/ duilleach eadar è ’s mo shùil;
/ ùr bàrr-uaine gruag a’ bheithe,
/ …

Winged Skye - by Donald Smith

{ Poem }

When this body comes to die,
/ Set me on the headland high,
/ Where sun and rain go marching by,
/ Raven lord of wave…

bho Cheum air Cheum - by Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin
Christopher Whyte

{ Poem }

III
/
/ С фонарем обшaрьте
/ весь подлунный свет!
/ Той страны нa карте –
/ нет, в пространстве – нет.
/
/ Marina Tsvetaeva
/
/ Dh’fhàg thu Glaschu airson Cambridge, Cambridge
/ airson an…

Hard Men - by Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin
Christopher Whyte

{ Poem }

Is and sin tangatar cruiti Cainbile o Es Ruaid dia n-airfidedh.
/ Indar leo-sam ba do taisceladh forra ó Ulltaib tangatar,…

An Daolag Shìonach - by Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin
Christopher Whyte

{ Poem }

Ann an ceàrn àraidh de Shìona,
/ san iar-dheas, nach fhada bho bheanntan Iunnàn,
/ tha gnè ùbhlan rim faighinn
/ a tha cho anabarrach taitneach
/ ’s…

bho Alasdair à Gleanna Garadh - by Sìleas na Ceapaich

{ Poem }

Bu tu ’n t-iubhar thar gach coillidh,
/ Bu tu ’n darach daingeann làidir,
/ Bu tu ’n cuileann ’s bu tu ’n draigheann,
/ Bu…

from Mochtàr is Dùghall - by Deòrsa Mac Iain Deòrsa
George Campbell Hay

{ Poem }

[Fosgladh]
/
/ Mhochtàir is Dhùghaill, choinnich sibh
/ an comann buan gun chòmhradh.
/
/ B’iad fraighean an taigh chèilidh dhuibh
/ an cactas ceuste, leònte.
/
/ B’i ‘n aoigheachd an…

Ceithir Gaothan na h-Albann - by Deòrsa Mac Iain Deòrsa
George Campbell Hay

{ Poem }

M’oiteag cheòlmhor chaoin ’teachd deiseil nam bheitheach Samhraidh i,
/ mo stoirm chuain le dìle ’cur still ’s gach alltan domh,
/ a’ ghaoth…

Building Vocabulary - by Christine Laennec

{ Poem }

Cianalas:
/ Who would have thought
/ I’d have to come
/ so far from home
/ to find a word that perfectly captures
/ the…

An t-Seann Chairt Againn - by Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul
Angus Peter Campbell

{ Poem }

Ghiùlain i mìle mìorbhail –
/ pocan-mòna nach tèid àireamh,
/ clòimhtean chaorach bhon an àirigh,
/ badan feòir is cocan-eòrna,
/
/ còig gille deug…

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