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Thuit Mo Leannan

Marilyn Monroe

òr 'na do ghruaig òr ann an ìnean do chas òr ann an ruisg chadalach do shùilean beò òr 'na do ghruaidhean, 'nam fathann athaidh òr ruadh do bhilean òr sa ghualainn mhin àrd a' fasgadh do smig òr anns a' bhroilleach ghealltanachd paisgte 'na bhad òr 'na do chneas seang, air miadan do chruachan ann an lùb nan sliasaid is air glùin nan dìomhaireachd rinn d' adhbrainn òrach dannsa caol do gach sùil a shealladh airgead-beò 'na do chuislean airgead-beò 'na do chridhe airgead-beò gu na h-iomaill dhe d' anam agus d' osnadh, do ghàire do ghuth-seinn, do ghuth-labhairt mar bhraoin de dh'or agus do gach fear a chùm air lios leaghteach nan dealbh thu òr, o bhàrr calgach do chlaiginn gu buinn rùisgte do chas òr, ór, ór, beó no marbh their cuid nach robh thu cho cùbhraidh 's iad a' deothal an t-sùigh a sporan suilt òrach do bhein òr, òr, òr Aonghas MacNeacail

gold in your hair gold in the nails on your feet gold in the sleepy lids of your living eyes gold in your cheeks, in their rumour of a blush red gold of your lips gold in the raised shoulder that shelters your chin gold in your breasts, their promise enfolded in wisps gold in your slender waist, on the meadows of your hip in the curve of thigh and on your knee of mysteries your golden ankle gave slim dances that any eye could see quicksilver in your veins quicksilver in your heart quicksilver to every corner of your soul and your sighs, your laugh your singing, your speech like a mist of gold and to every man who kept you on the screen's dissolving field gold, from the maned top of your skull to the bare soles of your feet gold, gold, gold, alive or dead some say you weren't so fragrant as they suck the substance from the fertile purse of your skin gold, gold, gold Aonghas MacNeacail

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