The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

700 1 he Highland Monthly.
Bu tiodal ceart duin uasail sin
Gun robh thu suairc ad ghiulan,
Gu sunntach, suilbhir, failteachail,
'S do chridhe blath gun lub ann.
One of his best is " Latha siubhal sleibhe." It seems to
have been composed at a time when he was not so welcome
in the halls of the chiefs as was the wont. He imagines he
met in the fields, Generosity, Love, and Liberty, who for the
time being were, like himself, neglected in the places where
they used to be welcome.
hatha Siubhal Sleibhe.
Latha 'siubhal sleibhe dhomh
'S mi falbh leam fein gu dluth,
A chuideachd anns an astar sin
Air gunna glaic a's cu ;
Gun thachair clann rium anns a ghleann,
A gal gu fann chion iuil ;
Air leam gur iad a b' aillidh dreach
A chunnacas riamh le m' shuil.
Gu' m b' ioghnadh leam mar tharladh dhoibh,
Am fasach fad air chul,
Coimeas luchd an aghaidhean
Gu' n tagha de cheann iuil.
Air beannachadh neo-fhiata dhomh
Gu' n d' fhiaraich mi- -" Co sud ?"
'S fhreagair iad gu cianail mi
Am briathraibh mine ciuin.
lochd, a's Gradh, a's Fiughantas,
'Nur triuir gur e ar n-ainm,
Clann nan uaislean curamach
A choisinn cliu 's gach ball ;
'Nuair phaigh an fheile cis do 'n Eug
'S a chaidh i fein air chall
'Na thiomnadh dh' fhag ar n-athair sinn
Aig maithibh Innse-Gall.
And so they go on inveighing against the tyranny that
exiled them from the hearts and halls of Highland lairds.