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Leisgeul	Excuse
Chab e nacg dèanainn dàin dhuit' nach cuirinn cainnt ann an ̣rdugh: chan e nach dleas do bheusan fileantas labhrach, nach aithnich mi annad ḅidhchead is doimhne bàighe; chan e gun dh'fhiosraich mi 'n geamhradh a chuireas 'na mo thosd mi -ged a chaidh a ghuin 'na m' èideadh 's a dh'fhàg an eighealaich gort mi - cumaidh tu blàth mi ged nach tuig thu mo leisgeul: gun dh'fhiosraich mi Cèitean s' an cẹl fosgailt 's uiseag anns na speuran.	It is not that I would not make poems for you, that I would not set words in order; and it is not that your virtues do not deserve eloquent poetry that I do not recognise beauty in you and depth of affection; it is not my experience of winter that keeps me silent - though its sting pierced my clothes and its numbing has left me pained- you keep me warm thought you do not understand my plea: that I have known a May-time with music unbounded and a lark singing in the heavens
Donald MacAulay	Domhnall MacAmhlaigh

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