Tha aomadh dhà chraoibh thar an t-sruth;

An sin a sheas sàmhach am bròn

Siol Dhuthno nan còmhrag còrr;

Fuil a taomadh's ag iadhadh m'a thaobh,

A sgiath sgoillt' is briste air raon.

Ri carraig a sheas a shleagh mhòr.

C'uim, a Dhearmuid, cho dubhach do bhròn?
"Tha mi cluinntinn garbh fhuaim a' chòmhraig
Mo chairde air chòmhnard leò féin,

Mo cheuma gu mall, air a' mhòr mhagh;
Sgiath bhriste an comhstri gun fheum.
'M bi esan a ghnàth fo bhuaidh?
Bidh Dearmud san uaigh le cliu,
Seal mu 'n éirich an dùbhra suas.
Gairmidh mi thusa gu còmhrag,
Is tach'ream ri mòrchuis Fholdaith."
Ghlac e shleagh le sòlas ciar,
Mac Mhorni an triath g'a thaobh.
"Mhic Dhuthno, caisg-sa do luaths;
Tha do cheuma gun tuar fo fhuil;
Cha leat-sa garbh chopan do sgéith;
C'uim a thuiteadh an triath gun airm ?”
"Shìl Mhorni, dhomhsa do sgiath;
Is tric a dh'aom i sìos an còmhrag:
Caisgidh mi shiubhal air sliabh.

Shil Morni, faic clach air chòmhnard;

Clach a thog a liath cheann suas

Roi' 'n fheur a tha fuaim an gaoith:

Est inclinatio duarum arborum super flumen;

Illic stetit tacitus in moerore

Semen Duthnonis certaminum eximiorum;

Sanguine se-effundente et circumdante ejus latus,
Ejus clypeo fisso et fracto super campo.
Ad rupem stabat ejus hasta magna.
Quare, o Dermid, ita tristis tuus luctus?

"Sum ego audiens asperum sonitum certaminis
Et meos amicos in planitie (solos) secum ipsis,
Meis passibus tardis super magno agro,

Et clypeo fracto in concertatione (inutili) sine usu. An erit ille semper sub victoria ? *

Erit Dermid in sepulchro cum gloria,

Paulo antequam surgat obscuritas sursum.
Vocabo ego tete ad certamen,

Et occurram ego superbiæ Foldathi."

Prehendit ille şuam hastam cum gaudio fusco, Filio Mornæ principe juxta ejus latus.

"Nate Duthnone, reprime tu tuam celeritatem; Sunt tui passus sine colore sub sanguine;

Haud est tibi cæruleus umbo tui clypei;

Quare cadat princeps sine armis ?"

"Semen Mornæ, mihi (trade) tuum clypeum;

Sæpius inflexit ille deorsum certamen:

Sistam ego ejus iter super campo.

Semen Mornæ, ecce saxum in planitie;

Saxum, quod sustulit ejus canum caput supra

Per gramen, quod sonat in vento:

i. e. victor.

Tha treun do mo chinneadh san uaigh;

Taisg an sin mi suas san oidhche."

Ghluais e gu mall air a' chruaich; Chunnaic e fo bhuaireadh an raon, Garbh dhearrsa a' chòmhraig dol suas Briseadh mu 'n cuairt da gu claon. Mar lasair an oidhche sa' ghleann Ag éirigh fada thall san fhraoch, A nis a' mùchadh fo mhùig a ceann, A nis a' togail a dearg shruth baoth 'N àm éirigh is aomadh nan gaoth: Mar sin fhéin a thachair còmhrag Sùile Dhearmuid na mòir sgéith. Roimh shluagh bha ceuma mòr an Fholdaith Mar chiar luing air faobhar nan stuadh, 'Nuair a ghluaiseas i mach o dhà Innis Dol air h-aghairt 's a' tilleadh air chuan Measg bhuaireidh an fhuair ghairbh ré. Chunnaic Dearmud le feirg a thriall; Chuir e suas gu 'thrian a neart; Ach threig e cheumaibh air sliabh ; Thuit deura o threun nam feart.

Chuir e stoc athar fo fhuaim;

Bhuail e tri chuairt a mhòr sgiath;

Tri chuairt a ghairm e ceann an t-sluaigh:
Chuala Foldath e shuas, an triath,

Measg gàire is fuaim a' chòmhraig.
Chunnaic Foldath le sòlas an treun;

Sunt strenui de mea gente in sepulchro ;
Conde illic me sursum in nocte."

Movit-se ille tardè super collem ;

Vidit ille sub tumultu aciem,

Asperam coruscationem certaminis euntem sursum

Et erumpentem in circuitum illi obliquè.

Ut flamma in nocte in valle

Surgens procul ex adverso in erica,

Nunc suffocans sub vapore suum caput,

Nunc tollens suum rutilum flumen insanum

In tempore ortûs et inclinationis ventorum:
Hoc modo ipso occurrit certamen
Oculis Dermidis magni clypei.

Ante ejus exercitum sunt passus magni Foldathi
Instar fuscæ navis in summo undarum,

Quando movetur illa extrà è duabus insulis

Pergens prorsum et revertens super oceano
Inter tumultum frigidæ spatiosæ lunæ.

Vidit Dermid cum ira ejus iter;

[suas vires;

(Intendit) misit ille sursum usque ad tertiam (partem) At defecerunt illæ ejus passus super clivo;

Ceciderunt lacrymæ à strenuo virtutum.
Misit ille cornu patris sub sonitum;
Percussit ille ter suum magnum clypeum;
Ter vocavit ille caput populi :

Audivit Foldathus eum supra, princeps,
Inter fremitum et sonitum certaminis.

Conspicatus est Foldathus eum gaudio strenuum;

Thog e suas gu feum a shleagh,
Is i nighte gu leth am fuil.

Mar charraig a's ruadh shrutha claon
A' taomadh dearg le 'taobh an stoirm;
Mar sin fo sheachran fal' an laoch,
Ciar cheannard nan daoine fo airm.
Air gach taobh a dh'aom an sluagh
O chomhstri gu buaidh an dà righ.
Thog mar aon am faobhair suas-
Grad thàinig an cruaidh na Selma
Fillean o iomall an t-sluaigh.

Tri ceuman air ais a dh'aom Foldath
O'n dearrsa bhuail claon a shùilean,
A thàinig mar dhealan o nial,

Chur dion air triath bha fo leoin.

Sheas e's e fàs suas am mòrchuis

Gairm uile gu còmhrag a' chruaidh.

Mar thach'reas air sgiathaibh leathan treun

Dà iolair air éiginn an gaoith'

A'stri air an itibh gu léir,

Ghluais grad gu beud an dà shaoi.
Ma seach tha ceuma nan righ

Air aghairt gu strì o'n dà chruaich ;
Bha 'n còmhrag a' ciaradh dol sìos
Air an lannaibh fo chli nam buadh.
Bha sòlas nan treun ann do chliabh,
A Chathmhoir air faobhar nan sliabh,
An sòlas tha dìomhair a ghnàth