Y Bluggan Noa
Ren mee rieau y skeeal y insh dhyt mychione y laa hie mee sheese 'sy towl
vooar dy gheddyn y bluggan? Ta mee dy insh dhyt, cha row mee rieau cha
agglit as va mee ec y traa shen.
'S foddey er-dy-henney nish, tra va mee my
ghuilley mysh daa vlein jeig dy eash. Va mee baghey marish my haner as
my warree (va my ayr as my voir er n'gheddyn baase tra va mee foast feer aeg)
ayns boayl er-gerrey da Keeilleoin enmyssit Forsdal (she “Ballanass”
yn ennym kiart ass y Ghaelg, er yn oyr dy vel eas vooar ry-akin ayns shen
cooyl ny thieyn). Agh cha row schoill erbee ayns shen, as beign dou goll
dys y schoill ec Forsdal Heose, meeiley as ny smoo ersooyl.
Fastyryn y
touree, b'haittin lesh ooilley ny guillyn cloie ec bluggan-coshey. Agh
cha row monney thalloo rea ry-gheddyn mygeayrt Forsdal, son va sleityn
ooilley mygeayrt-y-mysh, as boallagh dooin cloie er meer dy halloo va
faggys da shenn veain v'ayns shoh; denmys shin y veain shoh The Garee
mine. Va ooilley'n obbyr ec ny meainyn er jeet gy kione daa ny three
bleeantyn roish y traa shen, as va buill cloaie mysh shiaght trieyn er
yrjid troggit mygeayrt-y-mysh beeal yn shaft. Shoh yn towl mooar ta goll sheese
veih eaghtyr y thallooin ayns diunid y veain. Cha bione dou ennym
erbee er ass y Ghaelg.
Aght'erbee, fastyr dy row va shin cloie ayns shen,
as tra haink y bluggan hym's hug mee breb mooar jee; dettyl ee seose 'syn
aer, harrish y voalley, as sheese 'sy towl vooar.
Va ny scollagyn elley
feer chorree rhyms, son dy nee bunnys noa va'n bluggan, as ec y jerrey
beign dou drappal harrish y voalley dy gheddyn magh cre v'er jeet er y
vluggan. Tra va mee er ghrappal harrish y voalley, va mee my hassoo ec
oirr y shaft. Va fys aym dy row yn towl shoh ymmodee thousaneyn dy hrieyn
er diunid; ve jeeaghyn dooys dorraghey as grouw, as ve feer fliugh, as va
mee clashtyn ny bineyn dy ushtey tuittym sheese, as “cha ren mee likal eh
monney!” Agh tra yeeagh mee sheese, va mee fakin y bluggan, foddey
heese er eaghtyr yn ushtey va cheet 'sy shaft lurg jerrey'n obbyr.
Va aaraghyn vooarey goll sheese rish lhiattee y towl. Cha row ad jeeaghyn
dy ve feer vie, agh fy-yerrey ghow mee toshiaght dy ghrappal sheese,
fakin dy row yn bluggan ayns shilley. Chosne mee gys bun y chied aarey,
as eisht va mee er y nah aarey. Agh nish va mee bunnys ass my cheeayll
lesh aggle; ve geddyn ny s' dorraghey as ny s' dorraghey car y traa,
va ny bineyn dy ushtey tuittym ooilley mygeayrt-y-moom, va my laueyn as
my chassyn cha feayr as rio, as va'n aarey ooilley er-creau foym. As
fy-yerrey, tra va mee mysh lieh y raad heese er y nah aarey, vrish
eh foym! Va mee faagit croghey ayns shen liorish my laueyn, as bunnys
marroo lesh aggle. Lurg tammylt hooar mee y niart dy hayrn mee-hene seose
as goaill toshiaght dy ghrappal seose reesht. Va mee gennaghtyn dy ve
ayns drogh-yien, feayr as faase, as 'scoan va mee jerkal dy chosney yn
eaghtyr reesht. Agh haink eh lhiem as fy-yerrey va mee harrish y voalley
fud my chaarjyn. V'ad corree dy-liooar dy row yn bluggan caillt; agh,
er my hon's t'eh foast heese 'sy towl vooar — as aigh vie er!