An t-Eilean Àlainn

 

Ceud mile fàilte don eilean àlainn

Ceud mile fàilte don àite bhòidheach

Ceud mile fàilte do Mhuile àlainn

Far an d’fhuair mi m’àrach an làithean m’òige

 

Chan ann gun sòlas ar làithean m’òige

Cha tàinig bròn ann am choir san àm sin

Bu bheir mi còmhla ri cuideachd òigridh

A chluich gu spòrsail san dòigh a b’annsa

 

A b’àlainn riamh leam na coilltean grianach

‘s am faighte ‘n eunlaith bu bhreagha na chèilidh

A’ chuthag liathghorm ‘s a’chòisir sgiathach

Ri ceòl cho ciatach ‘s an òg-mhios Chèitein

 

‘S ged tha mi ‘m aonar ‘s mi fad om dhaoine

Gu bràth cha chaochail mo ghaoil don àitud

Tìr bhòidheach chraobhach nam beann ‘s nan aonach

‘S mo dhùil bhith daonnan gum faodainn tàmh ann.

 

 

Le Aonghas Mac Tàbhais

Sgrìobhte ann am meadhan na 1930s nuair a

bha e ann an Ard-sgoil an Òbain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Beautiful Island

 

A hundred thousand welcomes to the beautiful isle

A hundred thousand welcomes to the lovely place

A hundred thousand welcomes to beautiful Mull

Where I was raised in my youth

 

Our days of youth were not without happiness

No sadness came near me at that time

I was along with young company

Playing happily in the usual way

 

I always loved the sunny woods

Where the birds were found in lovely company

The blue-grey cuckoo and the winged choir

Making lovely music in the month of May

 

And though I am alone and far from my people

Never will my love for that place die

Lovely wooded land of bens and slopes

And my intention is always to live there

 

 

 

 

By Angus MacTavish

Written in the mid-30s when he was a pupil at Oban High School