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A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.

—Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (Iain Crichton Smith, “The Exiles”)
published in Nua-Bhardachd Gaidhlig / Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems, @canongatebooks 1999

https://canongate.co.uk/books/193-modern-scottish-gaelic-poems-a-bilingual-anthology/

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #Clearances #emigration #exile

A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.

—Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (Iain Crichton Smith, “The Exiles”)
published in Nua-Bhardachd Gaidhlig / Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems, @canongatebooks 1999

https://canongate.co.uk/books/193-modern-scottish-gaelic-poems-a-bilingual-anthology/

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #Clearances #emigration #exile

A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.

—Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (Iain Crichton Smith, “The Exiles”)
published in Nua-Bhardachd Gaidhlig / Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems, @canongatebooks 1999

https://canongate.co.uk/books/193-modern-scottish-gaelic-poems-a-bilingual-anthology/

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #Clearances #emigration #exile

A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.

—Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (Iain Crichton Smith, “The Exiles”)
published in Nua-Bhardachd Gaidhlig / Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems, @canongatebooks 1999

https://canongate.co.uk/books/193-modern-scottish-gaelic-poems-a-bilingual-anthology/

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #Clearances #emigration #exile

A liuthad soitheach a dh’fhàg ar dùthaich
le sgiathan geala a’ toirt Chanada orra.
Tha iad mar neapaigearan ’nar cuimhne
’s an sàl mar dheoirean,
’s anns na croinn aca seòladairean a’ seinn
mar eòin air gheugan.

—Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, “Na h-Eilthirich” (Iain Crichton Smith, “The Exiles”)
published in Nua-Bhardachd Gaidhlig / Modern Scottish Gaelic Poems, @canongatebooks 1999

https://canongate.co.uk/books/193-modern-scottish-gaelic-poems-a-bilingual-anthology/

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #Clearances #emigration #exile

Strathnaver in northern Sutherland: a place whose beauty on a day like the one shown here belies a dark history, a history of clearance that explains how quiet it can seem today. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bettyhill/strathnaver/index.html

#Scotland #Sutherland #Strathnaver #Loch #Bracken #Clearances