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Cumha Mhic Criomain

Donald Ban MacCrimmon (Dòmnhull Bàn MacCruimein)
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CUMHA MHIC CRIOMAIN

Dh' aidh ceò nan stùc mu aodann Chuilinn,
Is sheinn a' bhean-shìth a torman mulaid,
Gorm shùilean ciùin san Dùn a' sileadh,
Bo'n thriall thu bhuainn 's nach till thu tuille.

Cha till, cha till, cha till Mac-Cruimein
An cogadh no sìth cha till e tuille;
Le airgiod no ni cha till Mac-Cruimein,
Cha till e gu bràth gu là na cruinne.

Tha osag nam beann gu fann ag imeachd,
Gach sruthan ’s gach allt gu mall le bruthaich;
Tha ealtainn nan speur feadh ghèugan dubhach,
A’ caoidh gu ’n d’ fhalbh ’s nach till thu tuille.

Cha till, cha till, cha till Mac-Cruimein
An cogadh no sìth cha till e tuille;
Le airgiod no ni cha till Mac-Cruimein,
Cha till e gu bràth gu là na cruinne.

Tha'n fhairge fa-dhèoigh làn bròin is mulaid
Tha'm bàta fo sheòl, ach dhiùlt i siubhal
Tha gàirich nan tonn le fuaim neo-shubhach
Ag ràbh gun d'fhalbh 'snach till thu tuille.

Cha till, cha till, cha till Mac-Cruimein
An cogadh no sìth cha till e tuille;
Le airgiod no ni cha till Mac-Cruimein,
Cha till e gu bràth gu là na cruinne.

Cha chluinnear do cheòl san Dùn mu fheasgar
'Smac-talla nam mùr le muirn ga fhreagairt
Gach fleasgach us òigh, gun cheòl gun bheadrach
O'n thriall thu bhuainn, 's nach till thu tuille.

Cha till, cha till, cha till Mac-Cruimein
An cogadh no sìth cha till e tuille;
Le airgiod no ni cha till Mac-Cruimein,
Cha till e gu bràth gu là na cruinne.


MACCRIMMON'S LAMENT

Doun Coullin's peaks the night is sailin
The banshee crouns her note o wailin
Bit my blue een wi sorrow are streamin
For him that will never return - MacCrimmon

No more, no more, no more forever
In war nor in peace shall return MacCrimmon
Till daws the great day o dule an burnin
MacCrimmon is home no more returnin

The breeze on the braes is mournfully moanin
The brook in the hallow is plaintively mournin
Bit my blue een wi sorrow are streamin
For him that will never return - MacCrimmon

No more, no more, no more forever
In war nor in peace shall return MacCrimmon
Till daws the great day o dule an burnin
MacCrimmon is home no more returnin


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