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Posted By: Felipa
03-Jul-21 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Air an Somme (Gaelic, WW1)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Air an Somme (Gaelic, WW1)
The English language and Irish language translations given previously do not include the final two verses of the poem (which Julie Fowlis doesn't sing in the recording).
Is cha chluinninn guth san àm Aig commandair gar leigeil, Bha na balaich ’s iad cho trang Cumail thall na bha tighinn.
Bha gach fear a’ caogadh sùl, ’S e air cùlaibh a chruinneig, A’ cur peileir glas a-null Le uile dhùrachd a chridhe.
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English language translation by Ian MacDonald published at https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/air-somme/
At the time I could hear No commander urging us on; The boys were fully occupied Repelling the attacks upon us.
Each man was cocking an eye Behind his sweetheart,* Sending over a grey bullet With his utmost will.