mar a thuirt an giuthas,
tha mi nam chrann,
mar a thuirt an giuthas,
a bhein mar sheol,
strac an urlair fodham,
chan eil dol nas fhaide
mar a thuirt an giuthas,
tha mi nam shoidheach
mar a thuirt an giuthas,
mo roiseid mar riamh, do sgamhan
fo throm nam cheathach sguraidh
ged is mise, ars an giuthas
righ na coille, craobh nan laoch,
an t-anam nach treig, dean
sioman as mo fhriamhach,
taod dha do chabhlachd, faic
mo lubadh ris a ghaillionn |
what the pine
said i am a mast,
what the pine said,
the ben's a
sail,
the earth below's my deck,
i have no need to travel
what the pine said,
i
am a vessel what the pine said,
like resin, like oars,
for constricted lungs
i'm
a cleansing fog
though I be, said the pine,
the forest’s king, hero tree,
the
immortal soul, plait
a cable from my roots to
make fast your navies, see
how I
bend to the storm |