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And from the west there came a poet, a man of conscience and passion, a man rivalled only by Hugh MacDiarmid as a poet of the Scots, and by none as a poet of the Gaels. From the isle of Raasay…SORLEY MacLEAN:

An Roghainn

Choisich mi cuide ri mo thuigse
a-muigh ri taobh a’ chuain;
bha sinn còmhla ach bha ise
a’ fuireach tiotan bhuam.

An sin thionndaidh i ag ràdha:
a bheil e fìor gun cual’
thu gu bheil do ghaol geal àlainn
a’ pòsadh tràth Diluain?

Bhac mi ’n cridhe bha ’g èirigh
’nam bhroilleach reubte luath
is thubhairt mi: tha mi cinnteach;
carson bu bhreug e bhuam?

Ciamar a smaoinichinn gun glacainn
an rionnag leugach òir,
gum beirinn oirre ’s gun cuirinn i
gu ciallach ’na mo phòc?

Cha d’ ghabh mise bàs croinn-ceusaidh
an èiginn chruaidh na Spàinn
is ciamar sin bhiodh dùil agam
ri aon duais ùir an dàin?

Cha do lean mi ach an t-slighe chrìon
bheag ìosal thioram thlàth,
is ciamar sin a choinnichinn
ri beithir-theine ghràidh?

Ach nan robh ’n roghainn rithist dhomh
’s mi ’m sheasamh air an àird,
leumainn à neamh no iutharna
le spiorad ’s cridhe slàn.

Translation: The Choice

I walked with my reason
out beside the sea.
We were together but it was
keeping a little distance from me.

Then it turned saying:
is it true you heard
that your beautiful white love
is getting married early on Monday?

I checked the heart that was rising
in my torn swift breast
and I said: most likely;
why should I lie about it?

How should I think that I would grab
the radiant golden star,
that I would catch it and put it
prudently in my pocket?

I did not take a cross’s death
in the hard extremity of Spain
and how then should I expect
the one new prize of fate?

I followed only a way
that was small, mean, low, dry, lukewarm,
and how then should I meet
the thunderbolt of love?

But if I had the choice again
and stood on that headland,
I would leap from heaven or hell
with a whole spirit and heart.

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@sharongooner wrote:

keys… zillions of them, and cant find the one we need!!!!!

its like being in the crystal maze!!!

Aah that brings back memories..I loved the Crystal Maze. There have been poor imitations since, but Richard O’brien was an impossible act to follow.

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@pete wrote:

@esmeralda wrote:

A Windswept Esmeralda with Pearl Earrings!

An Enigmatic Esmeralda With Diamond Earrings!

A Piled High and Precarious Esmeralda Sans Earrings But With Dots

would you care to accompany me to

for an aperitif and pizza (not deep fried)

MMm..only if we do it in style..full flowing ballgown little silver pointed shoes and emeralds..you look so good in a frock!
I’ll be waiting for you at the bar with a pink gin! :wink:

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Pilot the first passenger flight to the moon; and at weekends I would work on creating a time machine, in order to go hurtling into the past of a Tuesday through Wednesday and into the future on a Thursday through Friday – Monday being Moon day.

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I don’t normally smile when reading obits, Rossy (unless it’s someone I don’t like)but in this instance I was chuckling wryly. A high five from the third crocadeer.

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And now an amazing rap version of the Tri Martolod..

la tribu de dana – manau

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@emmalush wrote:

@esmeralda wrote:

im a right babe

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@pete wrote:

and hairy

One doesn’t mind ‘hairy’ although a line has to be drawn at ‘orangutan-strength-hairy!’

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@pete wrote:

@pats wrote:

@pete wrote:

for Gods sake no one mention Wellard

i hate hairy men. an wellard was female anyway. :lol:

Ewwwww..too short..too puny..and suffering from lollipop head! :twisted:

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Creedence Clearwater Revival: Down On The Corner

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