Là dhan Fhinn am Beinn Iongnaidh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1965
Track ID
105783
Part 1
Part 2
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.088
Original Tape ID
Summary
This heroic ballad tells how Caoilte, who was very swift, was sent to act as a guide for the Fingalians. He saw a house in which there was a maiden standing. A five-headed giant appears and the narrator cuts off his heads, sustaining wounds as he does so. He hears the voice of Ailinn and asks her to carry his shield to Dùn Tìl.
Item Notes
See:
'Tocher' 27 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 146
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell ed., 1872) p. 55
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
('S) Latha dhan Fhinn am Beinn Iongnaidh
An Fhinn uile 's na fir cholgharr',
Chuir iad Caoilt' air luaths a chas
Romhpa dhèanamh an rathaid.
Chunnaic e teach fada bhuaith'
Mar sin 's a dhà dhoras fosgailt'.
Bha ainnir ùr air a' chlàr,
'S teine mòr a' cur a smàil.
'S ar leam fhìn gun tug i dhomh
Dà thrian dhe biadh 's trian dhe h-aodach.
'S cò dhubhar ormsa san ràth-solas
Ach fuamhaire mòr na gharbh-dhoras.
"Seachain mi gu dìleas deas:
Cha b' ann orra thì a thàinig.
Leannan a bh' agam o thùs,
Nighean na meala 's na meall-shùil,
Dàil sheachd bliadhna thug mi dhi,
'S an-diugh a thàna mi oirr' aimeairt."
('S) thug esan urchair le neimh
Dhan t-sleigh mhòir a bha na dhòrn;
('S) thug mis' urchair bhrodann bhras
Chuir mi na còig cinn o bhràighe.
('S) leig mi m' uileann air an tom,
'S shil air mo chreuchdan gu trom.
Cò leig an guth fathach ciùin
Air an tulaich os mo chionn?
'S gum b' e h-ainm dhomh tighinn gu teach
Àilinn nighean Rìgh Dhonnchaidh,
"('S) Àilinn dèan thusa rium bàigh,
'S cha chluinn thu e uile bhràth:
Imprig mo sgiath gu Dùn Til:
Cha d' imprig tè riamh i romhad."
An Fhinn uile 's na fir cholgharr',
Chuir iad Caoilt' air luaths a chas
Romhpa dhèanamh an rathaid.
Chunnaic e teach fada bhuaith'
Mar sin 's a dhà dhoras fosgailt'.
Bha ainnir ùr air a' chlàr,
'S teine mòr a' cur a smàil.
'S ar leam fhìn gun tug i dhomh
Dà thrian dhe biadh 's trian dhe h-aodach.
'S cò dhubhar ormsa san ràth-solas
Ach fuamhaire mòr na gharbh-dhoras.
"Seachain mi gu dìleas deas:
Cha b' ann orra thì a thàinig.
Leannan a bh' agam o thùs,
Nighean na meala 's na meall-shùil,
Dàil sheachd bliadhna thug mi dhi,
'S an-diugh a thàna mi oirr' aimeairt."
('S) thug esan urchair le neimh
Dhan t-sleigh mhòir a bha na dhòrn;
('S) thug mis' urchair bhrodann bhras
Chuir mi na còig cinn o bhràighe.
('S) leig mi m' uileann air an tom,
'S shil air mo chreuchdan gu trom.
Cò leig an guth fathach ciùin
Air an tulaich os mo chionn?
'S gum b' e h-ainm dhomh tighinn gu teach
Àilinn nighean Rìgh Dhonnchaidh,
"('S) Àilinn dèan thusa rium bàigh,
'S cha chluinn thu e uile bhràth:
Imprig mo sgiath gu Dùn Til:
Cha d' imprig tè riamh i romhad."
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good