Cha chuir mi e’n aireamh na mias.”
“Ofhichier du Bhaile-chrodhain a bh’ann,
Thréig e a bhean ’s a chlann
Nan do thuit e’n cath na Fraing,
Cha bhiodh an call co farranach.”
[96] Allan was a native of Lochaber, the most notorious district in the Highlands for cattle-lifters, and derived his name from having lifted a creach “for every year of his life, and one for every quarter he was in his mother’s womb.” He died at the age of 34.
[97] Nam bithinn fhìn’s mo dhà chompanach ann, ’s trìgroilleinean againn nach lùbadh’s nach briseadh, cha bhiodh deamhan a stigh nach cuireamaidan làimh.
[98] There is a venom and an emphasis in the original impossible to convey in a translation.
“Clann ’ic Cuthain chuir nam briag,