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An Gleann 's an robh 95
AN GLEANN 'S AN ROBH MI OG.
LE NIALL MACLEOID.
follovvinf^ is an attempt to make your Englisii
readerc acquainted with the grace and beauty of one
of our most popular Gaeh'c songs, so far as that is possible
through the medium of a translation. I am quite alive to
the fact that the translation is not equal to the original,
but it may serve the purpose already indicated.
AN GLEANN 'S AN ROHH MI OG MY BONN if: NATIV
'N UAIR 'philleas ruinn an sanihradh,
Bidh jrach lioire 's crann fodli chruic ;
Na h-eoin air bharr nam meanglan
'Deanamh raithreim bhinn le 'n ceul ;
A' chlann bheag a ruith le fonn
Mu gach tom a' buain nan ros
—
B' e mo mhiann a bhi 's an am sin
Anns a' ghleann 's an robh mi ug.
Anns a' ghleann 's an robh mi 6g,
Anns a' ghleann 's an robh mi og,
B' e mo mhiann a bhi 's an am sin
Anns a' ghleann 's an robh mi og.
'.S a' mhaduiun 'n am dhuinn diisgadh,
Bhiodh an driiichd air bharr an fheoir;
A' chuthag 'us gug-gug aic'
Ann an doire dliith nan cno ;
Na laoigh og' a' leum le sunnt,
'S ag cur smuid air feadh nan Ion ;
Ach cha 'n fhaicear sin 's an am so
Anns a' ghleann 'a an robh mi og.
Anns a' ghleann, &c.
FIONN.
When the simmer bricht returnin',
Decks each grove and biiddin' tree;
When the birds amang the branches
Are a' pipin' loud and free ;
An' the bairnies, fu' o' glee,
Pu' the roses in the den,
O, 'twere dear delight tae wander
In ny honnie native glen.
In my bonnie native glen,
III my bonnie native glen,
O, 'twere dear delight tae wander
In my bonnie native glen.
At the early peep o' mornin',
When the grass was wat wi' dew,
Amang the woods o' hazel
Gaily sang the shy cuckoo ;
—
Au' the calves, clean daft wi joy,
Gaed a' friskin' roun' the pen
Now we've nae sic scenes o' gladness
In mj' bonnie native glen.