Cha’n’eil ceann no corp ’s an rioghachd an cruaidh-ghniomh thug barrach ort,—
An ceann cruadalach àrd sgiamhach, maisach, fior-dheas, arranta,
’Stric agairt ri uchd an fhuathais, ri âm luchd t’fhuatha tarruinn riut.
—Macdonald.
English:
Awake thou furious lion! awake with lusty roar,
On thy bright blood-stained standard, heath-circled as of yore;
Thy head lift up full lightly in heaven with raging might,
And I will rush with fervour to mingle in thy fight:
I raise thy praises precious round thy calm regal head;