Lyr Add: Tuireadh Bard Thurnaig

Subject: Lyr Add: Tuireadh Bàrd Thùrnaig
From: RunrigFan
Date: 25 Feb 19 - 10:46 PM

Tuireadh Bàrd Thùrnaig was written by Iain Cameron

Fo thomain ghorm ùrach
Sa cheàrnaig bheag chùbhraidh
Ann an cladh Abhainn Iù
Tha Bàrd Thùrnaig aig tàmh

Sèist:
Cha dhùisg e, cha dhùisg e
À leabaidh chaol dhùinte
'S tha dhìlsean trom tùrsach
Ag ionndrainn a' Bhàird

Nuair laigh an t-seann aois air
Cha b' ait dha an saoghal
Sgil lèighean chlann-daoine
Cha shaoradh on bhàs

Chuir e gu buil bhuadhmhor
An tàlann a fhuair e
Ga cleachdadh gu suairce
Le huaisleachd a ghnàth

An seirbheiseach dìleas
An taodhair 's an cìobair
Bu luaithe a dhìreadh
Ri mill nam beann àrd

'S aig crìoch a chuid sgrìoban
A chuireadh an sgrìobhadh
Na bh' aige san inntinn
'Son innseadh do chàch

(Sèist 2x)

Under green mounds of earth
In this little fragrant corner
Of Poolewe burial ground
The Tournaig Bard is at rest

Chorus (after each verse):
He will not wake, he will not wake
He will not awake from his narrow, closed bed
And his relations are sad and sorrowful
Longing for the bard

When old age settled on him
The world was not a pleasant place for him
The skill of human physicians
Could not save him from death

He successfully employed
The talent that he got
Practicing it in a kindly manner
With gentility always

The faithful servant
The herdsman and shepherd
Most swiftly would he climb
To the hills among the high places

And at the end of his journeys
Would put into writing
What he had in his mind
To tell to others

(Chorus 2x)

As sung by Kathleen MacInnes