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An T-Oban	Oban
Tha an t-uisg a' drùdhadh air an Oban, 's an sarcas air falbh dhachaidh. Na leómhannan 's na cait-fhiadhaich 's na beathaichean eile (chan eil Gàidhlig againn air an son-san), dh'fhalbh iad dhachaidh troimh na pàipearan, sanasan-reice. Tha na seataichean a' fàs falamh aig beul na tràghad, beul nan tighean, beul an tigh-òsda - uisg a' tuiteam troimh mheadhon sàl trom na mara. 2 An tog mi baile de phàipear? Le leómhannan dathte air a' bhalla? Le tigearan móra borba, 's cuibhl' a' chifùil a' cur char dhith? An tog mi adhar de phàipear? Sgòthan pàipeir, soluis gheala? An tog mi mi fhin de phàipear, 's air pàipear na rainn 'gan gearradh? 3 Tha am muir an nochd mar shanas-reice, leabhar an dèidh leabhair a' deàlradh. Tha m' fhaileas a' ruith sios do'n chuan. Tha mo chraiceann dearg is uaine. Có sgriobh mi? Có tha dèanamh bardachd shanas-reice de mo chnàmhan? Togaidh mi mo dhòrn gorm riutha: "Gàidheal calma le a chànan.'	The rain is penetrating Oban, and the circus has gone home. The lions and wildcats and the other beasts (we have no Gaelic for them) have gone home through the papers and advertisements. The seats are emptying at the mouth of the shore, in front of the houses, in front of the pub - rain falling through the midst of the heavy salt of the sea. 2 Shall I raise a town of paper? With coloured lions on the wall? With great fierce tigers, and the wheel of music spinning? Shall I raise a sky of paper? Clouds of paper, white lights? Shall I make myself into paper, with my verses being cut on paper? 3 Tonight the sea is like an advertisement, book after book shining. My shadow is running down to the sea. My skin is red and green. Who wrote me? Who is making a poetry of advertisements from my bones? I will raise my blue fist to them: "A stout Highlander with his language."
Iain Mac A' Ghobhainn	Ian Crichton Smith

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