The Gaelic Poetry Nook will present poetry both in English and Gaelic.

Part One can be found here.

An T-Oban	Oban
4 Dh'fhalbh an sarcas dhachaidh. Sguab iad a' mhin-shàibh air faibh. Dh'ihalbh dealbhan nam biasdan. Tha In t-uisg a' tuiteam air a' bhàgh. Dh'fhalbh a' chuibhle leatha fhéin. Tha an seuson a nis seachad. Tha an leómhann a' ruith troimh In ghréin. Dh'fhàg e an t-uisg air cùl a chasan. 5 Thòisich an clag mór a' bualadh. Tha an eaglais air a fosgladh. Shuidh mi sios innte 'nam inntinn 's chunna mi air an uinneig, an àite Nàzareth 's an Criosdaidh, talamh caithte is min-shàibh, leòmhann a' falbh air buaile spreadhte Phalestine gun tàmh.	4 The circus has gone home. They have swept the sawdust away. The pictures of beasts have gone. The rain is falling on the bay. The wheel has gone off by itself. The season is now over. The lion is running through sunlight. He has left the rain behind his feet. 5 The big bell began to peal. The church has been opened. I sat down inside it in my mind and saw on the window, instead of Nazareth and Christ, worn earth and sawdust, a lion moving in the explosive circle of Palestine without cease.
Iain Mac A' Ghobhainn	Ian Crichton Smith

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