Clach An Truiseil/The Trushal Stone by C MacLeod Clach An Truiseil
The Trushal Stone
Dhìrich iad oir na tràghad leatha, a’
They climbed the shoreline with it,
chlach mhòr ud ’s lad ga slaodadh ’s ga
that great stone they were dragging
togail thar chreig is thar mhonadh.
and lifting across rocks and moorland.
Seachd fichead dhlubh air an còmhdach
One hundred and forty of them
le clòimh mar charoraich. Dà thrian
covered in fleece like sheep. With two-
dhith fon talamh is trian ri aghaidh na
thirds of it underground and one-third
grèine chuir iad an sàs i; le faram neo-
facing the sun, they set it; with a
chumanta chaidh iad timcheall oirre le
strange chanting they encircled it with
adhradh Dhraoidhean.
the worship of Druids.
Chunnaic i ceusadh, marbhadh, mort,
It has seen sacrifices, death, murder,
geamhraidhean, samhraidhean is
winters, summers and springs,
earraich, ach cha do ghluais i ’s i uaine
unmoving and green with age.
le aois.
C MacLeod
C NicLeòid
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