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Dleasnas Nan Airdean	The Duty of the Heights
A' bheinn dhorcha fo 'n dilinn, ris na siontan 'na h-inneoin, tha sior shéideadh m' a creachann, tha sior cheathach m' a sliosaibh; is doirbh fo na casan a h-aisridhean snidheach; is seasgar m' a bonnaibh taighean, gortan, is liosan. Dheònaich beagan an sirach tric los cach a bhith blasad air an t-sonas chaidh bhuinnig ri uchd Chumhachdan 's gaillinn --- sgal na gaoith' air a' mhullach, deò cha chluinnear 's na srathaibh: is e tuairgneadh nan àrdean a bheir samhchar do'n ghleannan. A òigridh mo dh ù ithcha, an e cifàne nan ròidhlean, fois is clos nan gleann iosal, air an dion o 'n gharbh shéideadh? Biodh bhur ceum air a' mhullach, is bhur n-uchd ris na speuran. Dhuibh srac-ghaoth nam bidean mu'n tig sgrios 'na bheum-sléibh oirnn.	The dark mountain under the downpour, exposed as an anvil to the tempest, the wind ever blows about its summit, the mist ever drifts about its sides; difficult under the feet are its dripping paths through the rocks; tranquil about its base are houses, corn-plots, and gardens. Often a few have assented to trials so that others should taste the happiness that was won in the face of Powers and tempest the scream of the wind on the crest; not a breath is heard on the straths: it's the buffeting of the heights that gives tranquility to the little glen. Youth of my country, is it to be the tranquility of the plains, then, the peace and slumber of the low valleys, sheltered from the rough blast? Let your step be on the summit, and your breast exposed to the sky. For you the tearing wind of the pinnacles, lest destruction come on us as a landslide.
Deòrsa Mac Iain Deòrsa	George Campbell Hay

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