As fear da imleag an Dunean,

Thig Miltearan a Carn a-chlarsair,

Air Carbad gun each gun srian,

A dh-fhagas am Blar-dubh na fhasach,

’Dortadh fuil le iomadh sgian;

A’s olaidh am fitheach a thri saitheachd

De dh-fhuil nan Gaidheal, bho clach nam Fionn.

Here is a literal translation:—

When there shall be two churches in the Parish of Ferrintosh,

And a hand with two thumbs in ‘I-Stiana,’