Caoidh airson cor na Gaidhealtachd agus fogradh nan Gaidheal

A valedictory Gaelic lament combines vivid recollections of glens, hills, gatherings, and music with mournful reflection on emigration and the eviction of people from their land in favor of sheep and deer. The poem records communal life and landscape details from childhood, praises local customs and poets, and registers anxiety about cultural loss and the region’s defenselessness when human communities are dispersed. Throughout, personal grief and restrained anger mingle with elegiac description, producing a sustained meditation on disappearance, memory, and the uncertain future of traditional Highland life.