Maoilios Caimbeul

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Maoilios Caimbeul (Myles Campbell; born 23 March 1944) is an award-winning Scottish writer of poetry, prose and children's literature. He writes in Scottish Gaelic. Caimbeul, whose forename 'Maoilios' means "servant of Jesus" in Scottish Gaelic,[1] was born in Staffin on the Isle of Skye to a Free Church of Scotland missionary father and spent much of his childhood travelling between the isles of Skye and Lewis. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and consequently experienced a wide variety of nations and cultures. It wasn't until he was 26 that he became fully literate in Gaelic (though he had always been a fluent speaker and capable of reading) and at 30 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh and Jordanhill College before embarking upon a career teaching Gaelic. He spent time teaching in Tobermory, Mull and Gairloch. As well as being a prominent poet, Maoilios is also noted as a writer of prose and children's literature. He has won numerous prizes for his writing and is known for his writing both within Scotland and internationally. He was crowned the Bard at the Royal National Mòd in 2002 and he is the writer in residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig for 2008.)

The Best Poem Of Maoilios Caimbeul

Rud a Thachair

B' e madainn a bh' ann mar mhadainn sam bith eile;
dh'èirich mi, chuir mi umam, rinn mi cupa cofaidh;
thug mi sùil air an t-sìde—latha tioram eile—agus chuir mi
air an rèidio.

Bha an tè às an Eilean Dubh, aig a bheil an cù, Dileas, a'
bruidhinn;
rud aotrom airson cridhe a chumail ruinn air madainn
gheamhraidh;
còmhradh is plòigh, 's dòcha òran no dhà, corra bhioradh
beag.

Bha na cèisean bho Morning Star 'nan laighe air an t-
sèithear.
Thog mi tè gun smaoineachadh, tè sam bith, a' chiad tè
bhon chàrn
agus thòisich mi a' leughadh About nothing in particular
le Thomas A. Clark.

B' ann mu dheidhinn neoni a bha na dàin to make a short
song
out of nothing agus a-rithist the thistle and the gorse
the kiss, the blessing, the curse

are built on nothing, agus bha Mòrag à Uibhist 's às an
Eilean Dubh
a' bruidhinn ri boireannach à Tiriodh, agus b' e Nonnie a
bh' oirre
agus bha i ag ràdh a h-ainm mar gun canadh tu ‘neoni'

agus dh'fhairich mi gaoir beag a' ruighinn mo spioraid,
no co-dhiù am pàirt ud a tha do-ruighinn. Agus airs bith an
e gòraich
no sàr-ghliocas gun ainm a bh' ann

dh'fhairich mi gun robh e air leth neònach, Nonnie agus
‘neoni'
a' coinneachadh mar siud anns an fhalamhachd
agus ag èirigh gu chèile às an t-sruth do-sheachanta.

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