Rody Gorman
Ceòl-Mòr/Pibroch
do Iaian/ for John
An dèidh cuirm-chnuic a chumail
Air beul an taighe, chuir e fhèin air ghleus.
Ghabh e ceòl-mòr dha na bha san làthair
A bha direach uasal.
After the barbecue, the man of the house
tunes up the pipes
and plays a pibroch for everyone.
Fhad 's a bha e na sheasamh
Ri iolach gu h-àrd agus càch
Nan tosd mar bu dual, balbh,
Thàinig e dham ionnsaigh,
As he stands out over there
in classical pose,
blowing away, everyone else
observing due silence,
it strikes me:
Chuireadh aon chuileag-mheanbh às
Don obair a tha 'n seo gu lèir,
one tiny midge
could ruin all this.
Rody Gorman was born in Dublin in 1960 and now lives in the Isle of Skye. He has published collections in English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. He is editor of the annual Irish and Scottish Gaelic poetry magazine An Guth and the companion anthology Craobh.
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