Living
A Herding Croon
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Labour
The cattle are to-day going a-flitting,
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ug o,
Ho ro la ill o,
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ūg o,
Going to eat the grass of the burial-place,
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ūg o,
Their own herdsman there to tend them,
Ho ro la ill o,
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ūg o,
Tending them, fending them, turning them,
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ūg o,
Be the gentle Bride milking them,
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ūg o,
Be the lovely Mary keeping them,
Hill i-rūin is o h-ūg o,
And Jesu Christ at the end of their journey,
Jesu Christ at the end of their journey.
Hill-i-rūin is o h-ūg o.
Codex Note
Gaelic: Cronan Cuallaich. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 105, Labour.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “A Herding Croon.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/104/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “A Herding Croon.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/104/.
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