Description of what this is
[[Muriel Fisher]]

==Dùthaich==

===1.
dùthaich
country
Native land:===

:{|
|Ged
|is
|ann
|as
|na
|h-eileanan
|againn
|fhìn
|a
|tha
|mi,
|'s
|-
|although
|cop
|indeed
|from
|the
|islands.dat
|at.1s
|self
|that
|be.pres
|I
|cop
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Although I am actually from the islands,'
|}

:{|
|ann
|ann
|an Ameireaga
|ann
|an Arizona
|anns
|an
|fhàsach
|a
|tha
|-
|indeed
|in
|America.dat
|in
|Arizona.dat
|in
|the
|desert.dat
|that
|be.pres
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I have actually been living in America in Arizona in the desert'
|}

:{|
|mi
|air
|a
|bhith
|fuireach
|airson
|iomadach
|bliadhna
|a-nis.
|-
|I
|on
|to
|being
|living
|for
|many
|years.gen
|now
|-
|colspan="2"| 'for many years now.'
|}

:{|
|‘S
|àbhaist
|dhomh
|-
|cop
|habit
|to.1s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'It is my custom'
|}

:{|
|tilleadh
|dhachaidh
|cho
|tric
|'s
|urrainn
|dhomh.
|-
|returning
|to.home
|so
|often
|cop
|ability
|to.1s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'to return home as often as I can.'
|}

:{|
|Air
|an
|t-slighe
|nuas
|bho
|-
|on
|the
|way.dat
|down
|from
|-
|colspan="2"| 'On the way down from'
|}

:{|
|Ghlaschu,
|nuair
|a
|thòisicheas
|na
|beinn
|ag
|èiridh
|(nuair
|a
|gheibh
|mi
|-
|Glasgow
|when
|that
|begin.rel
|the
|mountains
|at
|rising
|when
|that
|get.fut
|I
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Glasgow when the mountains begin to rise, (when I get'
|}

:{|
|a'
|chiad
|sealladh
|dheth
|na
|beinn )
|agus
|na
|h-uillt
|a
|sruthadh
|air
|gach
|-
|the
|first
|sight
|of
|the\
|mountains.dat
|and
|the
|streams
|to
|flow
|on
|each
|-
|colspan="2"| 'the first sight of the mountains,) and the streams [begin] to flow on each'
|}

:{|
|taobh
|dhen
|rathad,
|bithidh
|mi
|a'
|faireachdainn
|mo
|chridhe
|a
|lìonadh
|agus
|-
|side.dat
|of.the
|road.dat
|be.fut
|I
|at
|feeling
|my
|heart
|to
|fill
|and
|-
|colspan="2"| 'side of the raod, I feel my heart fill and'
|}

:{|
|beòthachadh
|a'
|tighinn
|annam.
|-
|a.reanimating
|at
|coming
|in.1s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'a re-awakening coming over me.'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|mi
|a'
|faireachdainn
|cho
|fìor
|-
|be.pres
|I
|at
|feeling
|so
|very
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I am feeling so very'
|}

:{|
|fhortanach
|a
|bhith
|air
|mo
|thogail
|ann
|an
|àite
|cho
|spioradail,
|cho
|-
|fortunate
|to
|being
|on
|my
|ascending.dat
|in
|place.dat
|so
|spiritual,
|so
|-
|colspan="2"| 'fortunate to be on my way up to such a spiritual place, so'
|}

:{|
|àluinn,
|cho
|glan.
|-
|lovely
|so
|pure/clean
|-
|colspan="2"| 'lovely, so pure/clean.'
|}

:{|
|An
|cuan
|a
|bhitheas
|a'
|toirt
|dhuinn
|a
|leithid
|agus
|a'
|-
|the
|sea
|that
|be.rel
|at
|giving
|to.1p
|so.much
|and
|at
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The sea that gives so much to us and'
|}

:{|
|toirt
|bhuainn
|a
|leithid
|cuideachd.
|-
|taking
|from.1p
|so.much
|also
|-
|colspan="2"| 'takes so much from us also.'
|}

:{|
|Nuair
|a
|shuidheas
|mi
|air
|creig
|ri
|-
|When
|that
|sit.rel
|I
|on
|rock.dat
|with
|-
|colspan="2"| 'When I sit on a rock with the'
|}

:{|
|taobh
|na
|mara
|tha
|mi
|a'
|faireachdainn
|mar
|nach
|do
|dh'
|fhàg
|mi
|-
|the.side.dat
|the
|sea.gen
|be.pres
|I
|at
|feeling
|like
|leave.past.neg
|I
|-
|colspan="2"| 'sea on one side I feel like I didn’t ever leave.'
|}

:{|
|riamh.
|-
|ever
|}

:{|
|Tha
|bun-stèidh
|a’
|dhìth
|oirnn
|uile.
|-
|be.pres
|root-foundation
|the
|layer
|on.1p
|all
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Our roots are a part of us all.'
|}

:{|
|Cha
|dhìochuimhnich
|thu
|-
|forget.past.neg
|you.s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'You don’t [lit: didn’t] forget'
|}

:{|
|far
|an
|deach
|do
|neartachadh
|agus
|do
|bhrosnachadh.
|-
|where
|go.past.inter
|your.s
|strengthening
|and
|your.s
|encouragement
|-
|colspan="2"| 'where your strength and encouragement come from [lit: went].'
|}

:{|
|Bithidh
|an
|-
|be.fut
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'My husband'
|}

:{|
|duine
|agam
|ag
|ràdh
|rium
|"Nuair
|a
|thèid
|thu
|dh'
|Alba
|carson
|a
|-
|man
|at.1s
|at
|saying
|with.1s
|when
|that
|go.fut
|you.s
|to
|Scotland
|why
|that
|-
|colspan="2"| 'says [repeatedly] to me, “When you go to Scotland why do you'
|}

:{|
|bhitheas
|tu
|ag
|ràdh
|gu
|bheil
|thu
|a'
|dol
|dhachaidh?
|-
|be.rel
|you.s
|at
|saying
|that
|are
|you.s
|at
|going
|to.home
|-
|colspan="2"| 'say that you are going home?'
|}

:{|
|Bha
|dùil
|agam
|-
|be.past
|belief
|at.1s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I believed that'
|}

:{|
|gun
|robh
|do
|dhachaidh
|còmhla
|rium
|fhìn."
|-
|that
|be.past
|your.s
|home
|along
|with.1s
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'your home was along with me [emphasis].'
|}

:{|
|Tha,
|ceart
|gu
|leòr,
|mo
|-
|be.pres
|right
|to
|enough
|my
|-
|colspan="2"| 'My home is, of course, at his [emphasis]'
|}

:{|
|dhachaidh
|ri
|thaobh
|fhèin
|ge
|bri
|càit'
|am
|bi
|e
|ach
|-
|home
|with
|his.side.dat
|self
|wherever
|be.fut.inter
|him
|but
|-
|colspan="2"| 'side wherever he, is but'
|}

:{|
|bhos
|an
|seo
|-
|on.this.side
|here
|-
|colspan="2"| 'over here is the home'
|}

:{|
|'s
|e
|an
|dachaidh
|far
|a
|bheil
|mi
|nas
|fhaisge
|air
|an
|spiorad,
|far
|an
|tig
|-
|is
|he
|the
|home
|where
|be.inter
|I
|most
|near
|on
|the
|spirit.dat
|where
|come.fut
|-
|colspan="2"| 'where I am closest to my spirit, where prayer comes'
|}

:{|
|ùrnaidh
|thugam
|agus
|far
|am
|bheil
|mi
|a'
|faireachdainn
|nas
|fhaisge
|air
|a'
|-
|prayer
|to.1s
|and
|where
|that
|am
|I
|at
|feeling
|most
|near
|on
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'to me and where I feel most near to the'
|}

:{|
|Chruthaighear.
|-
|Creator.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Creator.'
|}

:{|
|Càite
|bheil
|an
|dachaidh
|agaibh
|fhèin -
|Dè
|an
|t-àite
|-
|where.inter
|be.inter
|the
|home
|at.2p
|self
|what.inter
|the
|place
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Where is your own home – what is the place'
|}

:{|
|a
|bhitheas
|sibhse
|smaoineachadh
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|nuair
|a
|chluinneas
|-
|that
|be.rel
|you.p
|thinking
|about
|when
|that
|hear.rel
|-
|colspan="2"| 'that you think of when you hear'
|}

:{|
|sibh
|am
|facal
|"dachaidh"?
|-
|you.p
|the
|word
|home
|-
|colspan="2"| 'the word “home”?'
|}

==2. Iongnadh mu dhèidhinn creideamhan eile==

:{|
|Iongnadh
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|creideamhan
|eile:
|-
|wonder
|about
|beliefs.dat
|other
|-
|colspan="2"| 'A sense of wonder regarding other religious beliefs:'
|}

:{|
|Aon
|Earrach
|o
|chionn
|bhliadhnaichean
|bha
|mi
|a'
|fuireach
|ann
|an
|-
|one
|Spring
|from
|occasion.dat
|years.gen
|be.past
|I
|at
|staying
|in.a
|-
|colspan="2"| 'One spring three years ago I was staying in'
|}

:{|
|Arizona
|mu
|thuath
|a-measg
|na
|h-Innseanaich
|Hopi
|-
|Arizona.dat
|about
|north.dat
|amongst
|the
|Indians
|Hopi
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Northern Arizona among the Hopi Indians.'
|}

:{|
|(nan
|Innseanach
|Hopi).
|-
|the
|Indians.gen
|Hopi
|-
|colspan="2"| '(the Hopi Indians).'
|}

:{|
|Thachair
|gun
|tug
|iad
|cuireadh
|dhomh
|a
|dhol
|gu
|tè
|dheth
|-
|happen.past
|that
|gave
|they
|invitation
|to.1s
|to
|go
|to
|one.dat
|of
|-
|colspan="2"| 'It happened that they invited me to go to one of'
|}

:{|
|na
|h-àiteachan
|adhraidh
|aca.
|-
|the
|places
|of.worship.dat
|at.3p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'their places of worship.'
|}

:{|
|Bha
|sinn
|air
|mullach
|beinn
|mhòr
|coltach
|ri
|Healabhal
|-
|be.past
|we
|on
|summit.dat
|mountain.gen
|big
|similar
|with
|Healabhal.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'We were on the summit of a big mountain, similar to Healabhal'
|}

:{|
|anns
|an
|-
|in
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'on the'
|}

:{|
|Eilean
|Sgitheanach
|no
|Dùn-caan
|ann
|a
|Ratharsair
|ris
|a
|chanas
|Island.dat
|Skye
|or
|Dun-caan.dat
|in
|-
|Rathersay
|with
|that
|say.rel
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Island of Skye or Dun-cann in Rathersay, which they call'
|}

:{|
|iad
|Mesa.
|-
|they
|mesa
|-
|colspan="2"| 'a mesa.'
|}

:{|
|Bha
|còig
|eaglaisean
|anns
|a'
|bhaile
|bheag
|seo
|agus
|bha
|sgioba
|-
|be.past
|five
|churches
|in
|the
|town.dat
|small
|here
|and
|be.past
|crew
|-
|colspan="2"| 'There were five places of worship in this small town and there was a full complement'
|}

:{|
|dhannsairean
|aig
|gach
|eaglais,
|oir
|bidh
|iadsan
|a'
|dannsa
|anns
|an
|-
|dancers.gen
|at
|each
|church.dat
|for
|be.fut
|they.emph
|at
|dancing
|in
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'of dancers at each place of worship, for they dance (habitually) in'
|}

:{|
|adhradh
|aca.
|(mar
|phàirt
|den
|adhradh
|aca)
|-
|worship
|at.3p
|like
|part
|of.the
|worship
|at.3p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'their [rite of] worship. (as a part of their [rite of] worship)'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|na
|h-eaglaisean
|sin
|fon
|an
|talamh
|agus
|'s
|e
|'Kiva'
|-
|be.pres
|the
|churches
|there
|below
|the
|earth.dat
|and
|cop
|he
|kiva
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The places of worship there are below the ground and they are called ‘kivas.'
|}

:{|
|an
|t-ainm
|a
|th'
|ac'
|orra.
|-
|the
|name
|that
|be.pres
|at.3p
|on.3p
|-
|colspan="2"| '(lit. “the name that is on them is ‘kiva.’”)'
|}

:{|
|Bithidh
|tu
|a'
|dol
|sìos
|a
|dh'adhradh
|agus
|a’
|suidhe
|timcheall
|na
|-
|be.fut
|you.s
|at
|going
|down
|the
|field.dat
|and
|at
|sitting
|around
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'You go down the field and sit around the'
|}

:{|
|ballaichean.
|Thig
|na
|"Kachina
|Dancers"
|nuas
|air
|àradh
|agus
|-
|walls.gen
|come.gen
|the
|Kachina
|Dancers
|down
|on
|ladder.dat
|and
|-
|colspan="2"| 'walls. The Kachina Dancers come down on a ladder and'
|}

:{|
|nì
|iad
|an
|dannsa
|agus
|an
|ùrnaidh
|‘n
|a
|d'
|aghaidh.
|-
|Make.fut
|they
|the
|dance
|and
|the
|prayer
|in
|your.s
|face
|-
|colspan="2"| 'They do the dance and the prayer in front of you.'
|}

:{|
|'N
|uair
|sin
|fàgaidh
|iad
|agus
|thig
|sgioba
|eile
|nuas
|agus
|mar
|sin
|-
|the
|hour
|that
|leave.fut
|they
|and
|come.fut
|crew
|other
|down
|and
|like
|that
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Then they leave and another group comes down, and so on like that [it continues].'
|}

:{|
|air
|adhart.
|-
|on
|advance.dat
|-
|}

:{|
|Bha
|mi
|na
|mo
|sheasamh
|air
|mullach
|a
|Mhesa
|seo,
|a'
|gheallach
|-
|be.past
|I
|in
|my
|sitting
|on
|top.dat
|the
|mesa.gen
|here
|the
|moon
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I was sitting on top of this mesa, the big yellow moon'
|}

:{|
|mhòr
|bhuidhe
|ag
|èiridh
|agus
|bha
|na
|h-Innseanaich
|a'
|ruith
|eadar
|na
|-
|big
|yellow
|at
|rising
|and
|be.past
|the
|Indians
|at
|running
|between
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'was rising and the Indians were running between the'
|}

:{|
|Kivas.
|-
|kivas
|-
|colspan="2"| 'kivas.'
|}

:{|
|Chluinneadh
|tu
|an
|gliongadh
|aig
|na
|'costumes'
|aca,
|agus
|bha
|iad
|-
|hear.cond
|you.s
|the
|ringing
|at
|the
|costumes
|at.3p
|and
|be.past
|they
|-
|colspan="2"| 'You would hear the ringing of their costumes and they were'
|}

:{|
|a'
|coimhead
|cho
|fiadhaich,
|bha
|mi
|a'
|faireachdainn
|cho
|fada
|bhon
|taigh.
|-
|at
|looking
|so
|fierce
|be.past
|I
|at
|feeling
|so
|long
|from
|house
|-
|colspan="2"| 'looking so fierce, I was feeling so far from home.'
|}

:{|
|Smaoinich
|mi
|air
|na
|h-eaglaisean
|againn
|fhìn
|agus
|an
|rud
|a
|bhuail
|-
|think.past
|I
|on
|the
|churches
|at.1p
|self
|and
|the
|thing
|that
|strike.past
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I thought about our churches and the thing that I struck'
|}

:{|
|mi
|'s
|e
|gu
|robh
|iadsan
|anns
|an
|dòigh
|aca
|fhèin
|air
|rathad
|-
|I
|cop
|he
|that
|be.past
|they.emph
|in
|the
|method
|at.3p
|self
|on
|road
|-
|colspan="2"| 'is this, that they in their own way were on the spiritual road'
|}

:{|
|spioradail
|agus
|nach
|robh
|iad
|idir
|cho
|fìor
|eadar-dhealaichte
|-
|spiritual
|and
|that
|be.past.ng
|they
|at.all
|so
|very
|separated
|-
|colspan="2"| 'and that they were not so very different at all'
|}

:{|
|bhuainn
|fhìn.
|-
|from.1p
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'from us.'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|sinn
|uile
|a'
|coimhead
|airson
|sìth
|agus
|airson
|spiorad
|a
|tha
|-
|be
|us
|all
|at
|looking
|for
|peace.gen
|and
|for
|spirit.gen
|that
|be
|-
|colspan="2"| 'We are all looking for peace and for a spirit that is'
|}

:{|
|nas
|motha
|na
|tha
|sinn
|fhìn.
|-
|greater
|than
|be
|us
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'greater than we ourselves.'
|}

:{|
|Nach
|bitheadh
|e
|math
|nam
|bitheamaid
|a'
|smaoineachadh
|barrachd
|mu
|-
|be.cond.neg
|he
|good
|if
|be.cond.1p
|at
|thinking
|more
|about
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Wouldn’t it be good if we would be thinking more about'
|}

:{|
|dhèidhinn
|na
|rudan
|a
|tha
|‘g
|ar
|ceangal
|ri
|chèile
|an
|àite
|-
|around
|the
|things.gen
|that
|be
|at
|our
|bonds
|with
|other.dat
|the
|place.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'the things that are our ties to each other in place of'
|}

:{|
|a
|bhith
|a'
|coimhead
|air
|na
|rudan
|a
|tha
|‘g
|ar
|cumail
|bho
|-
|that
|being
|at
|looking
|on
|the
|things.dat
|that
|be
|at
|our
|withholding
|from
|-
|colspan="2"| 'looking at the things that are keeping us from each'
|}

:{|
|chèile.
|-
|other
|-
|colspan="2"| 'other.'
|}

=3. Gaol:=

Number
Gaol
Love
"love"

:{|
|Chan
|eil
|a'
|mhìorbhaill
|ach
|an
|gaol
|dhuinn
|-
|be.neg
|the
|miracle
|but
|the
|love.dat
|to.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'To us there is no miracle but in love'
|}

:{|
|Reic
|Anama
|-
|sale
|spirit.gen
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The sale of spirit” or “Sell a spirit'
|}

:{|
|Chunnaic
|mi
|na
|faclan
|sin
|sgrìobhte
|an
|latha
|roimhe -
|faclan
|Shomhairle
|-
|see.past
|I
|the
|words
|there
|written
|the
|day
|before
|words
|Sorley.gen
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I saw the words written there the other day – Sorley MacLean’s words.'
|}

:{|
|MhicGilleathain.
|-
|MacLean.gen
|}

:{|
|Thòisich
|mi
|fhìn
|a'
|smaoineachadh
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|gaol.
|-
|begin.past
|I
|self
|at
|thinking
|about
|around
|love
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I myself began thinking about love.'
|}

:{|
|'S
|iomadh
|seòrsa
|gaoil
|a
|th'
|anns
|an
|t-saoghal
|againn.
|-
|cop
|many
|types
|love.gen
|that
|be
|in
|the
|world.dat
|at.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'We have many types of love that are in the world.'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|an
|gaol
|a
|tha
|sinn
|a'
|faireachdainn
|airson
|ar
|màthair
|agus
|-
|be
|the
|love
|that
|be
|we
|at
|feeling
|for
|our
|mother.gen
|and
|-
|colspan="2"| 'There is the love that we feel for our mother and'
|}

:{|
|ar
|h-athair,
|far
|am
|bi
|sinn
|a'
|faireachdainn
|sàbhailte –
|fhad's
|a
|tha
|-
|our
|father.gen
|where
|that
|be.fut
|we
|at
|feeling
|safe
|while
|that
|be
|-
|colspan="2"| 'our father, where we are feeling safe – while we are'
|}

:{|
|sinn
|beag
|co-dhiù!
|-
|we
|small
|anyway
|-
|colspan="2"| 'little, anyway.'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|an
|gaol
|eadar
|piuthar
|agus
|bràthair,
|gaol
|nach
|robh
|agam
|-
|be
|the
|love
|between
|sister
|and
|brother
|love
|that
|be.past.neg
|at.1s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'There is the love between a sister and brother, love that I never had,'
|}

:{|
|fhìn
a-riamh,
|as
|aonais
|peathraichean
|agus
|bràithrean
|mar
|a
|tha
|mi.
|-
|self
|ever
|out.of
|one.dat
|sisters.gen
|and
|brothers.gen
|as
|that
|be
|I
|-
|colspan="2"| 'as I am the only one out of sisters and brothers [i.e., I am the only child in my family].'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|gaol
|airson
|do
|leannan,
|airson
|do
|bhean,
|airson
|an
|duine
|-
|be
|love
|for
|your.s
|b/gfriend.gen
|for
|your.s
|wife.gen
|for
|the
|man.gent
|-
|colspan="2"| 'There is [the kind of] love [that is] for your boy/girlfriend, for you wife, for your husband.'
|}

:{|
|agad.
|-
|at.2s
|}

:{|
|Tha
|an
|gaol
|airson
|pàisde
|beag,
|na
|peataichean
|againn,
|'s
|iomadh
|duine
|-
|be
|the
|love
|for
|baby.gen
|small
|the
|pets
|at.1p
|cop
|many
|man
|-
|colspan="2"| 'There is the love [you have] for a small baby, [for] our pets—many people'
|}

:{|
|a
|bhios
|a'
|fuireach
|‘n
|an
|aonar
|agus
|'s
|e
|na
|peataichean
|a
|-
|that
|be.rel
|at
|living
|in
|their
|alone
|and
|cop
|he
|the
|pets
|that
|-
|colspan="2"| 'that live alone and it’s their pets that'
|}

:{|
|bhios
|‘g
|an
|cumail
|slàn,
|gaol
|airson
|dùthaich,
|airson
|eaglais,
|-
|be.rel
|at
|their
|keeping
|healthy
|love
|for
|country.gen
|for
|church.gen
|-
|colspan="2"| 'keep them healthy—love for [one’s] country, for church,'
|}

:{|
|airson
|Crìosda
|agus
|mar
|sin
|air
|adhart.
|-
|for
|Christ.gen
|and
|like
|that
|on
|forward
|-
|colspan="2"| 'for Christ, and so on.'
|}

:{|
|Shaoileadh
|tu
|gun
|robh
|gu
|leòr
|air
|a
|sgrìobhadh
|agus
|air
|a
|ràdh
|-
|think.cond
|you.s
|that
|be.past
|to
|plenty
|on
|its
|writing
|and
|on
|its
|saying
|-
|colspan="2"| 'You would think that there was plenty written and said'
|}

:{|
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|an
|gaol
|mar
|thà
|-
|about
|around
|the
|love
|like
|?
|-
|colspan="2"| 'about love like that.'
|}

:{|
|Ach
|gabh
|mionaid
|agus
|faighnich
|dhiot
|fhèin
|ma
|tha
|an
|cothrom
|againn
|-
|but
|take
|minute
|and
|ask
|of.2s
|self
|if
|be
|the
|ability
|at.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'But take a minute and ask yourself, if we have the ability'
|}

:{|
|airson
|leithid
|a
|ghaol
|anns
|an
|t-saoghal
|seo,
|carson
|a
|tha
|leithid
|-
|for
|so.much
|to
|love
|in
|the
|world
|here
|why
|that
|be
|like
|-
|colspan="2"| 'for so much to love in this world, why do we have something like'
|}

:{|
|a
|thrioblad
|againn?
|-
|to
|trouble
|at.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'trouble?'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|teaghlaich
|a'
|sabaid
|measg
|a’
|chèile,
|tha
|nàbaidhean
|a'
|sabaid
|-
|be
|families
|at
|fighting
|among
|the
|other.gen
|be
|neighbors
|at
|fighting
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Families are fighting amongst each other, neighbors are fighting'
|}

:{|
|ri
|chèile,
|tha
|eaglaisean
|a'
|sabaid
|ri
|chèile,
|tha
|dùthaichean
|-
|with
|other.dat
|be
|churches
|at
|fighting
|with
|other.dat
|be
|countries
|-
|colspan="2"| 'with each other, churches are fighting with each other, countries are'
|}

:{|
|a'
|sabaid
|ri
|chèile.
|-
|at
|fighting
|with
|other.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'fighting with each other.'
|}

:{|
|Shaoilinn
|fhìn
|gum
|bu
|chòir
|dhuinn
|a
|bhith
|smaoineachadh
|-
|imagine.cond.1s
|self
|that
|cop.past
|decent
|to.1p
|to
|being
|thinking
|-
|colspan="2"| 'I myself would imagine that we ought to be thinking'
|}

:{|
|barrachd
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|gaoil
|agus
|dè
|tha
|e
|ciallachadh
|‘n
|-
|more.gen
|about
|around
|love.gen
|and
|what
|be
|he
|meaning
|in
|-
|colspan="2"| 'more about love and what is means in'
|}

:{|
|ar
|beatha
|fhìn.
|-
|our
|life.dat
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'the lives of us ourselves.'
|}

:{|
|Nam
|biodh
|sinn
|uile
|coibhneil
|agus
|gasda
|ris
|a
|h-uile
|neach
|ris
|-
|if
|be.cond
|we
|all
|courteous
|and
|generous
|with
|the
|all
|person.dat
|with
|-
|colspan="2"| 'If we would all be courteous and generous to all the people that'
|}

:{|
|an
|coinnich
|sinn
|‘n
|ar
|beatha
|làitheil,
|'s
|dòcha
|gun
|dèanamaid
|-
|that
|meet.fut
|we
|in
|our
|life.dat
|daily
|cop
|probable
|that
|do.cond.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'we meet with in our daily lives, it’s likely that we would make'
|}

:{|
|atharrachadh
|beag
|anns
|an
|t-saoghal
|draghail
|a
|tha
|againn
|'s
|an
|-
|change
|small
|in
|the
|world.dat
|vexatious
|that
|be
|at.1p
|in
|the
|-
|colspan="2"| 'a small change in the vexatious world that is with us'
|}

:{|
|lath'
|'n-diugh.
|-
|day
|today
|-
|colspan="2"| 'today.'
|}

:{|
|Carson
|nach
|tòisich
|sinn
|an-diugh
|fhèin?
|-
|why
|not
|begin
|we
|today
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Why don’t we ourselves begin today?'
|}

:{|
|Ciamar
|a
|tha
|sibh
|an-diugh?
|-
|how
|that
|be
|you.p
|today
|-
|colspan="2"| 'How are you all today?'
|}

:{|
|Dè
|seòrsa
|rudan
|a
|bhitheas
|daoine
|a'
|dèanamh
|airson
|an
|toirt
|-
|what
|sort
|things
|that
|be.rel
|people
|at
|doing
|for
|the
|importance.gen
|-
|colspan="2"| 'What sort of things will people do for the chance [lit. value]'
|}

:{|
|air
|falbh
|bho
|dhragh
|air
|choireigin
|agus?????
|-
|on
|leaving.dat
|from
|trouble.dat
|on
|offences.dat
|and
|-
|colspan="2"| 'of escaping the trouble of small offenses and….'
|}

:{|
|Uill,
|dh'
|fhaodadh
|tu
|tòiseachadh
|le
|cupa
|tì
|fhèin!
|-
|well
|may.cond
|you.s
|beginning
|with
|cup.dat
|tea.gen
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Well, you yourself could begin with a cup of tea!'
|}

:{|
|Ach
|bha
|mise
|[a’]
|smaoineachadh
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|na
|h-ealain
|agus
|-
|but
|be.past
|I.emph
|at
|thinking
|about
|around
|the
|learnings.gen
|and
|-
|colspan="2"| 'But I myself was thinking about learning, and'
|}

:{|
|mar
|is
|urrainn
|dhaibh
|ar
|faireachdainnean
|atharrachadh.
|-
|like
|cop
|capable
|to.3p
|our
|feelings
|altering
|-
|colspan="2"| 'how it can alter our feelings.'
|}

:{|
|Co
|mheud
|uair
|a
|bha
|sibh
|a'
|coimhead
|air
|dealbh
|brèagha
|-
|how
|largenesses.gen
|hour
|that
|be.past
|you.pl
|at
|looking
|on
|picture.dat
|pretty
|-
|colspan="2"| 'How many hours were (all of) you looking at a pretty picture'
|}

:{|
|agus
|a'
|tòiseachadh
|a
|faireachdainn
|beagan
|na’s
|socraithe,
|na’s
|sìtheil?
|-
|and
|at
|beginning
|to
|feeling
|little
|than
|settled
|than
|peaceful
|-
|colspan="2"| 'and beginning to feel a little more settled, more peaceful?'
|}

:{|
|Ceart
|gu
|leòr
|tha
|dà
|thaobh
|dhe’n
|(air)
|an
|sgillinn
|agus
|dh'fhaodadh
|-
|correct
|to
|plenty
|be
|two
|side
|of
|the
|on
|the
|shilling.dat
|and
|may.cond
|-
|colspan="2"| 'To be sure, there are two sides to every coin (lit. “there are two sides on the shilling”) and'
|}

:{|
|dealbh
|do
|dhèanamh
|mi-chomhurtail
|no
|an-fhoiseil.
|-
|picture
|your
|making
|ill-advised
|or
|ignorant
|-
|colspan="2"| 'the picture may make you misguided or ignorant.'
|}

:{|
|Air
|mo
|thaobh
|fhìn
|tha
|gu
|leòr
|trioblaid
|anns
|an
|t-saoghal
|againn,
|'s
|fheàrr
|-
|on
|my
|side.dat
|self
|be
|to
|plenty
|trouble
|in
|the
|world.dat
|at.1p
|cop
|better
|-
|colspan="2"| 'As far as I myself am concerned (on my myself’s side) there is plenty of trouble in the our world, I prefer'
|}

:{|
|leam
|s'
|a
|bhith
|a'
|lorg
|am
|bòidheachd
|anns
|na
|cùisean
|sin.
|-
|to.1s
|and
|at
|being
|at
|looking.for
|the
|beauty.gen
|in
|the
|circumstances.dat
|that
|-
|colspan="2"| 'and to be looking for the beauty in those circumstances.'
|}

:{|
|Agus
|dè
|mu
|dhèidhinn
|ceòl?
|-
|and
|what.inter
|about
|around
|music.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'And what about music?'
|}

:{|
|Ged
|a
|tha
|cuid
|mhòr
|dheth
|na
|h-òrain
|againne
|trom
|le
|bròn,
|-
|although
|that
|be
|part
|big
|of
|the
|songs.dat
|at.1p.emph
|heavy
|with
|grief
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Although a large part of our songs are heavy with grief,'
|}

:{|
|nach
|bi
|sibh
|ag
|èisdeachd
|ri
|ceòl
|uaireannan
|agus
|-
|be.fut.neg.inter
|you.pl
|at
|listening
|with
|music.dat
|hours
|and
|-
|colspan="2"| 'don’t you all listen to music for hours and'
|}

:{|
|nach
|bi
|sonas
|a'
|fàs
|‘n
|ar
|cridhe?
|-
|be.fut.neg.inter
|happiness
|at
|growing
|in
|our
|heart.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'doesn’t happiness grow in our heart?'
|}

:{|
|Tha
|feadhainn
|againn
|nach
|bi
|coimhead
|air
|dealbhan
|no
|-
|be
|people
|at.1p
|be.fut.neg.inter
|looking
|on
|pictures.dat
|or
|-
|colspan="2"| 'We have people (who) won’t be looking at pictures or'
|}

:{|
|ag
|èisdeachd
|ri
|ceòl
|idir
|ach
|bidh
|sinn
|a'
|leughadh.
|-
|at
|listening
|with
|music.dat
|at.all
|but
|be.fit
|we
|at
|reading
|-
|colspan="2"| 'listening to music, but we read (lit. we will be reading.)'
|}

:{|
|'S
|iomadh
|uair
|a
|thèid
|seachad
|gun
|mhothochadh
|nuair
|-
|cop
|every
|hour
|that
|go.fut
|onward
|without
|act.of.perceiving
|when
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Every hour will go by without awareness when'
|}

:{|
|a
|bhitheas
|tu
|‘na
|‘d
|shuidhe
|leughadh
|leabhar
|math.
|-
|that
|be.fut.rel
|you.s
|in
|your.s
|sitting
|reading
|book.gen
|good
|-
|colspan="2"| 'you are sitting reading a good book.'
|}

:{|
|Bheir
|e
|d'
|inntinn
|dheth
|d'
|obair,
|dhe
|‘n
|teaghlach,
|-
|take.fut
|he
|your.s
|mind
|from
|your.s
|work.dat
|from
|the
|family.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'It will take your mind off your work, off the family,'
|}

:{|
|dheth
|na
|'bills'
|agus
|a
|h-uile
|càil
|eile
|a
|bhitheas
|a'
|ruith
|-
|from
|the
|bills
|and
|to
|each
|condition.dat
|other
|that
|be.rel.fut
|at
|running
|-
|colspan="2"| 'off the bills and every other condition that is running'
|}

:{|
|timcheall
|‘n
|ar
|n'
|inntinn.
|-
|around
|in
|our
|the
|mind.dat
|-
|colspan="2"| 'around in our mind.'
|}

:{|
|Saoil
|a
|bheil
|na
|peantairean,
|na
|luchd-ciùil,
|na
|sgrìobhadairean
|fhèin
|-
|imagine
|that
|be.inter
|the
|painters
|the
|musicians
|the
|writers
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Imagine that the painters, the musicians, the writers themselves'
|}

:{|
|a'
|faighinn
|an
|aon
|togail
|inntinn
|'s
|a
|bhitheas
|sinne
|faighinn
|-
|at
|finding
|the
|one
|act-of-building.gen
|mind
|and
|that
|be.rel.fut
|we.emph
|finding
|-
|colspan="2"| 'are finding the one way of building the mind, and that we will be finding'
|}

:{|
|bho
|‘n
|obair
|aca?
|-
|from
|the
|work.dat
|at.3p
|-
|colspan="2"| '(it) from their work?'
|}

:{|
|Dè
|rud
|as
|fheàrr
|leibhse
|a
|dhèanamh?
|-
|what.inter
|thing
|cop.rel
|better
|with.2p
|to
|doing
|-
|colspan="2"| 'What is the best thing for you (all) to do?'
|}

:{|
|Carson
|nach
|cuir
|sibh
|seachad
|ùine
|bheag
|a
|h-uile
|latha
|airson
|rud
|beag
|-
|why
|neg
|put
|you.p
|forward
|while
|small
|to
|each
|day
|for
|thing
|small
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Why don’t you all set aside for you yourselves a short while each day in order to'
|}

:{|
|spòrsail
|a
|dhèanamh
|dhuibh
|fhèin.
|-
|fun
|to
|doing
|to.2p
|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'do a small, fun thing?'
|}

:{|
|A
|bheil
|sinn
|taingeil
|gu
|leòr
|airson
|na
|tha
|againn?
|-
|be.inter
|we
|thankful
|to
|plenty
|for
|the
|be
|at.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Are we thankful enough for that which we have?'
|}

:{|
|A
|bheil
|sinn
|mothachadh
|dè
|tha
|againn?
|-
|be.inter
|we
|percieving
|what
|be
|at.1p
|-
|colspan="2"| 'Are we aware of what we have?'
|}

:{|
|An
|latha
|roimhe
|bha
|mi
|a'
|ceannachd
|botal
|uisge
|agus
|cha
|b'
|urrainn
|-
|the
|day
|before
|be.past
|I
|at
|buying
|bottle
|water
|and
|neg
|cop.past
|capable
|-
|colspan="2"| 'The day before I was buying a bottle of water and I couldn’t'
|}

:{|
|dhomh
|cuideachadh
|(gun)
|smaoineachadh
|air
|m'
|athair
|agus
|dè
|bheachd
|-
|to.1s
|helping
|without
|thinking
|on
|my
|father.dat
|and
|what
|attention
|-
|colspan="2"| 'help but think about my father and what attention'
|}

:{|
|a
|bhitheadh
|aige
|air
|an
|t-uisge
|fhèin
|a
|cheannach
|ann
|am
|bùth
|leis
|-
|that
|be.cond
|at.3s
|on
|thewater.dat
|self
|that
|buy.past
|in
|store.dat
|with.3s
|-
|colspan="2"| 'he would have towards the water itself that he bought in a store with the'
|}

:{|
|na
|'messages'.
|-
|the
|messages
|-
|colspan="2"| '‘messages.’'
|}

:{|
|Cha
|robh
|uisge
|againn
|anns
|an
|taigh
|nuair
|a
|bha
|mi
|òg.
|-
|neg
|be.past
|water
|at.1p
|in
|the
|house.dat
|when
|that
|be.past
|I
|young
|-
|colspan="2"| 'We had no water in the house when I was young.'
|}

:{|
|Bha
|tobar
|bheag
|ri
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|taighe
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|dèidh
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|be.past
|well
|small
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|the
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|walking
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|well
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|colspan="2"| '(the school’s well, as we had it on,) and it was to me'
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|that
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|colspan="2"| 'that that work fell.'
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|neg
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|colspan="2"| 'We never drank from the stream.'
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|robh
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|be.past
|knowledge
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|to
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|where
|be.past
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|colspan="2"| 'Everyone knew where the good, old wells were.'
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|rud
|ann
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|ann
|am
|botal
|plastic.
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|and
|neg
|be.past
|equal
|to
|thing
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|like
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|colspan="2"| 'And there was nothing there the equal to water in a plastic bottle.'
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|fhàsach
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|where
|be.past.inter
|I
|at
|living
|in
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|desert.dat
|the
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|colspan="2"| 'Where I am living in the desert the greater part'
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|dhe
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|of
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|year.dat
|be.neg
|drop
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|self
|-
|colspan="2"| 'of the year, there isn’t a drop of water in the rivers themselves,'
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:{|
|chan
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|ach
|gainmheach.
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|be.neg
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|but
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|colspan="2"| 'there is nothing in them but sand.'
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|be
|the
|water
|at
|coming
|from
|the
|earth
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|deep
|be
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|water
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|colspan="2"| 'The water comes deeply from the earth (the water'
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Chunnaic mi na faclan sin sgrìobhte an latha roimhe - faclan Shomhairle
see.past I the words there written the day before words Sorley.gen
I saw the words written there the other day – Sorley MacLean’s words.

MhicGilleathain.
MacLean.gen

Thòisich mi fhìn a' smaoineachadh mu dhèidhinn gaol.
begin.past I self at thinking about around love
I myself began thinking about love.

'S iomadh seòrsa gaoil a th' anns an t-saoghal againn.
cop many types love.gen that be in the world.dat at.1p
We have many types of love that are in the world.

Tha an gaol a tha sinn a' faireachdainn airson ar màthair agus
be the love that be we at feeling for our mother.gen and
There is the love that we feel for our mother and

ar h-athair, far am bi sinn a' faireachdainn sàbhailte – fhad's a tha
our father.gen where that be.fut we at feeling safe while that be
our father, where we are feeling safe – while we are

sinn beag co-dhiù!
we small anyway
little, anyway.

Tha an gaol eadar piuthar agus bràthair, gaol nach robh agam
be the love between sister and brother love that be.past.neg at.1s
There is the love between a sister and brother, love that I never had,

fhìn a-riamh, as aonais peathraichean agus bràithrean mar a tha mi.
self ever out.of one.dat sisters.gen and brothers.gen as that be I
as I am the only one out of sisters and brothers [i.e., I am the only child in my family].

Tha gaol airson do leannan, airson do bhean, airson an duine
be love for your.s b/gfriend.gen for your.s wife.gen for the man.gent
There is [the kind of] love [that is] for your boy/girlfriend, for you wife, for your husband.

agad.
at.2s

Tha an gaol airson pàisde beag, na peataichean againn, 's iomadh duine
be the love for baby.gen small the pets at.1p cop many man
There is the love [you have] for a small baby, [for] our pets—many people

a bhios a' fuireach ‘n an aonar agus 's e na peataichean a
that be.rel at living in their alone and cop he the pets that
that live alone and it’s their pets that

bhios ‘g an cumail slàn, gaol airson dùthaich, airson eaglais,
be.rel at their keeping healthy love for country.gen for church.gen
keep them healthy—love for [one’s] country, for church,

airson Crìosda agus mar sin air adhart.
for Christ.gen and like that on forward
for Christ, and so on.

Shaoileadh tu gun robh gu leòr air a sgrìobhadh agus air a ràdh
think.cond you.s that be.past to plenty on its writing and on its saying
You would think that there was plenty written and said

mu dhèidhinn an gaol mar thà.
about around the love like ?
about love like that.

Ach gabh mionaid agus faighnich dhiot fhèin ma tha an cothrom againn
but take minute and ask of.2s self if be the ability at.1p
But take a minute and ask yourself, if we have the ability

airson leithid a ghaol anns an t-saoghal seo, carson a tha leithid
for so.much to love in the world here why that be like
for so much to love in this world, why do we have something like

a thrioblad againn?
to trouble at.1p
trouble?

Tha teaghlaich a' sabaid measg a’ chèile, tha nàbaidhean a' sabaid
be families at fighting among the other.gen be neighbors at fighting
Families are fighting amongst each other, neighbors are fighting

ri chèile, tha eaglaisean a' sabaid ri chèile, tha dùthaichean
with other.dat be churches at fighting with other.dat be countries
with each other, churches are fighting with each other, countries are

a' sabaid ri chèile.
at fighting with other.dat
fighting with each other.

Shaoilinn fhìn gum bu chòir dhuinn a bhith smaoineachadh
imagine.cond.1s self that cop.past decent to.1p to being thinking
I myself would imagine that we ought to be thinking

barrachd mu dhèidhinn gaoil agus dè tha e ciallachadh ‘n
more.gen about around love.gen and what be he meaning in
more about love and what is means in

ar beatha fhìn.
our life.dat self
the lives of us ourselves.

Nam biodh sinn uile coibhneil agus gasda ris a h-uile neach ris
if be.cond we all courteous and generous with the all person.dat with
If we would all be courteous and generous to all the people that

an coinnich sinn ‘n ar beatha làitheil, 's dòcha gun dèanamaid
that meet.fut we in our life.dat daily cop probable that do.cond.1p
we meet with in our daily lives, it’s likely that we would make

atharrachadh beag anns an t-saoghal draghail a tha againn 's an
change small in the world.dat vexatious that be at.1p in the
a small change in the vexatious world that is with us

lath' 'n-diugh.
day today
today.

Carson nach tòisich sinn an-diugh fhèin?
why not begin we today self
Why don’t we ourselves begin today?

4. Na h-Ealain:
the learning.gen
on knowledge

Ciamar a tha sibh an-diugh?
how that be you.p today
How are you all today?

Dè seòrsa rudan a bhitheas daoine a' dèanamh airson an toirt
what sort things that be.rel people at doing for the importance.gen
What sort of things will people do for the chance [lit. value]

air falbh bho dhragh air choireigin agus?????
on leaving.dat from trouble.dat on offences.dat and
of escaping the trouble of small offenses and….

Uill, dh' fhaodadh tu tòiseachadh le cupa tì fhèin!
well may.cond you.s beginning with cup.dat tea.gen self
Well, you yourself could begin with a cup of tea!

Ach bha mise [a’] smaoineachadh mu dhèidhinn na h-ealain agus
but be.past I.emph at thinking about around the learnings.gen and
But I myself was thinking about learning, and

mar is urrainn dhaibh ar faireachdainnean atharrachadh.
like cop capable to.3p our feelings altering
how it can alter our feelings.

Co mheud uair a bha sibh a' coimhead air dealbh brèagha
how largenesses.gen hour that be.past you.pl at looking on picture.dat pretty
How many hours were (all of) you looking at a pretty picture

agus a' tòiseachadh a faireachdainn beagan na’s socraithe, na’s sìtheil?
and at beginning to feeling little than settled than peaceful
and beginning to feel a little more settled, more peaceful?

Ceart gu leòr tha dà thaobh dhe’n (air) an sgillinn agus dh'fhaodadh
correct to plenty be two side of the on the shilling.dat and may.cond
To be sure, there are two sides to every coin (lit. “there are two sides on the shilling”) and

dealbh do dhèanamh mi-chomhurtail no an-fhoiseil.
picture your making ill-advised or ignorant
the picture may make you misguided or ignorant.

Air mo thaobh fhìn tha gu leòr trioblaid anns an t-saoghal againn, 's fheàrr
on my side.dat self be to plenty trouble in the world.dat at.1p cop better
As far as I myself am concerned (on my myself’s side) there is plenty of trouble in the our world, I prefer

leam s' a bhith a' lorg am bòidheachd anns na cùisean sin.
to.1s and at being at looking.for the beauty.gen in the circumstances.dat that
and to be looking for the beauty in those circumstances.

Agus dè mu dhèidhinn ceòl?
and what.inter about around music.dat
And what about music?

Ged a tha cuid mhòr dheth na h-òrain againne trom le bròn,
although that be part big of the songs.dat at.1p.emph heavy with grief
Although a large part of our songs are heavy with grief,

nach bi sibh ag èisdeachd ri ceòl uaireannan agus
be.fut.neg.inter you.pl at listening with music.dat hours and
don’t you all listen to music for hours and

nach bi sonas a' fàs ‘n ar cridhe?
be.fut.neg.inter happiness at growing in our heart.dat
doesn’t happiness grow in our heart?

Tha feadhainn againn nach bi coimhead air dealbhan no
be people at.1p be.fut.neg.inter looking on pictures.dat or
We have people (who) won’t be looking at pictures or

ag èisdeachd ri ceòl idir ach bidh sinn a' leughadh.
at listening with music.dat at.all but be.fit we at reading
listening to music, but we read (lit. we will be reading.)

'S iomadh uair a thèid seachad gun mhothochadh nuair
cop every hour that go.fut onward without act.of.perceiving when
Every hour will go by without awareness when

a bhitheas tu ‘na ‘d shuidhe leughadh leabhar math.
that be.fut.rel you.s in your.s sitting reading book.gen good
you are sitting reading a good book.

Bheir e d' inntinn dheth d' obair, dhe ‘n teaghlach,
take.fut he your.s mind from your.s work.dat from the family.dat
It will take your mind off your work, off the family,

dheth na 'bills' agus a h-uile càil eile a bhitheas a' ruith
from the bills and to each condition.dat other that be.rel.fut at running
off the bills and every other condition that is running

timcheall ‘n ar n' inntinn.
around in our the mind.dat
around in our mind.

Saoil a bheil na peantairean, na luchd-ciùil, na sgrìobhadairean fhèin
imagine that be.inter the painters the musicians the writers self
Imagine that the painters, the musicians, the writers themselves

a' faighinn an aon togail inntinn 's a bhitheas sinne faighinn
at finding the one act-of-building.gen mind and that be.rel.fut we.emph finding
are finding the one way of building the mind, and that we will be finding

bho ‘n obair aca?
from the work.dat at.3p
(it) from their work?

Dè rud as fheàrr leibhse a dhèanamh?
what.inter thing cop.rel better with.2p to doing
What is the best thing for you (all) to do?

Carson nach cuir sibh seachad ùine bheag a h-uile latha airson rud beag
why neg put you.p forward while small to each day for thing small
Why don’t you all set aside for you yourselves a short while each day in order to

spòrsail a dhèanamh dhuibh fhèin.
fun to doing to.2p self
do a small, fun thing?

5. Uisge:
water
Water:

A bheil sinn taingeil gu leòr airson na tha againn?
be.inter we thankful to plenty for the be at.1p
Are we thankful enough for that which we have?

A bheil sinn mothachadh dè tha againn?
be.inter we percieving what be at.1p
Are we aware of what we have?

An latha roimhe bha mi a' ceannachd botal uisge agus cha b' urrainn
the day before be.past I at buying bottle water and neg cop.past capable
The day before I was buying a bottle of water and I couldn’t

dhomh cuideachadh (gun) smaoineachadh air m' athair agus dè bheachd
to.1s helping without thinking on my father.dat and what attention
help but think about my father and what attention

a bhitheadh aige air an t-uisge fhèin a cheannach ann am bùth leis
that be.cond at.3s on thewater.dat self that buy.past in store.dat with.3s
he would have towards the water itself that he bought in a store with the

na 'messages'.
the messages
‘messages.’

Cha robh uisge againn anns an taigh nuair a bha mi òg.
neg be.past water at.1p in the house.dat when that be.past I young
We had no water in the house when I was young.

Bha tobar bheag ri taobh an taighe ach an dèidh dhà
be.past well small with side the house.gen but the after two
There was a small well at the side of the house but after two

na trì lathaichean thioramaicheadh e 'n àrd agus bha againn ri
the three days.dat dry.cond he the height and be.past at.1p with
or three days it would dry up and we had to

coiseachd mu chairteal mìle gu tobair eile,
walking about quarter.dat mile to well.dat other
walk about a quarter-mile to another well.

(tobar na sgoilearaidh, mar a bha againn air), 's ann ormsa
well the school.gen as that be.past at.1p on cop in on.1s.emph
(the school’s well, as we had it on,) and it was to me

a thuit an obair sin.
that befall.past the work there
that that work fell.

Cha do dh' òl sinn a-riamh às an allt.
neg past drink we ever from the stream
We never drank from the stream.

Bha fios aig a h-uile duine far an robh na tobraichean fo shean.
be.past knowledge at to each man where be.past the wells good old
Everyone knew where the good, old wells were.

Agus cha robh leithid a rud ann mar uisge ann am botal plastic.
and neg be.past equal to thing in like water in bottle.dat plastic
And there was nothing there the equal to water in a plastic bottle.

Far a bheil mi (a’) fuireach anns an fhàsach a’ chuid as motha
where be.past.inter I at living in the desert.dat the part greater
Where I am living in the desert the greater part

dhe ‘n bhliadhna, chan eil boinne uisge anns na h-aibhnichean fhèin,
of the year.dat be.neg drop water.gen in the rivers.dat self
of the year, there isn’t a drop of water in the rivers themselves,

chan eil annta ach gainmheach.
be.neg in.3p but sand
there is nothing in them but sand.

Tha an t-uisge a' tighinn bhon an talamh gu domhainn (tha an t-uisge a'
be the water at coming from the earth to deep be the water at
The water comes deeply from the earth (the water

tighinn bho dhoimhneachd na talmhainn) agus a h-uile bliadhna tha
coming from depth the earth.gen and to each year be
comes from the depths of the earth) and each year there is

nas lugha uisge ann agus barrachd dhaoine ‘g a iarraidh.
less water in and more people.gen at its needing
less water there and more people needing it.

Air an taobh deas dhe ‘n bhaile againn tha coimhearsnachd bheag far
on the side south of the town.dat at.1p be community small where
On the south side of our town there is a small community where

a bheil iad a' sabaid le gunnaichean airson an aon thobair a tha
be.inter they at fighting with guns.dat for the one well.gen that be
they are fighting with guns for the one well that

aca eatorra.
at.3p among
they have among them.

Cò smaoinicheadh gun robh rud mar ghloinne uisge iriosal,
who.inter think.cond that be.past thing like glass water.gen lowly
Who would think that a lowly thing like a glass of water

a’ dol a bhith cho prìseal dhuinn.
at going to be so precious to.1p
would be going to be so precious to us?

A bheil dad sam bith eile ‘n ar beatha nach eil sinn a’ mothachadh?
be.inter anything other in our life.dat that.be.neg we at perceiving
Is there anything else in our life that we are not perceiving?

Rud nach eil sinn a' cur luach air an-diugh, ach mar a thèid
thing that.be.neg we at putting value on today but like that go.fut
Something that we are not putting value on today, but likewise that

an tìde seachad a dh' fhàsas nas luachmhor dhuinn.
the time past that grow.fut.rel more valuable to.1p
the time will come in which it grows more valuable to us?

(fàsaidh e nas luachmhòr dhuinn)
grow.fut he more valuable to.1p
(it will grow more valuable to us)

'S dòcha am beatha fhèin nach bi sinn a' mothachadh nuair a tha
cop likely the life self neg be.fut we at perceiving when that be
Perhaps we will not be perceiving life itself when we are

sinn òg ach a dh' fhàs glè phrìseil gu dearbh mar as sinne a
we young but that grow.fut very precious to certain like older that
young but it will certainly grow very precious the older that

tha sinn a' fàs.
be we at growing
we are growing.

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