Gun d’thug am flath triochaid catha fa cheann,

Air sgraiteach dha, M’Cumhail nior cheil,

A deir fa ghò, ni clos gò ’n a bheul;

English Translation.

The Author of this is Ossian, the Son of Finn.

’Twas yesterday week I last saw Finn,

Ne’er did I feel six days so long;

Teige’s daughter’s son, a powerful king;

My teacher, my luck, my mind, and my light,

Both poet and chief, as brave as a king,