I See Winter

The English -
I see the winter in the wind
The snow is not far from us
Dark clouds and the trees losing leaf
The night is so cold

So often it feels that it was only yesterday
The summer heat melted us
All evening long out on the Dun
And you lying lazy by my side

But the sun never shines all year
Time will not stay as it once was
You left for the city
Leaving me to my winter

Many nights we loved
Many nights we laughed
Many times I thought
That you would have stayed forever

I see the winter in the wind
The snow is not far from us
Dark clouds and the trees losing leaf
The night is so cold

The night is so cold

The Gaelic -
Chi mi'n geamhradh 'as a' ghaoith
Chaneil an sheachd' fada bhuainn
Sgothan dorch' 's na craobhan ruisgt
Tha an oidhche nochd fuar

Shaoilean fhein gur ann an de
Bha teas an t-samhraidh 'gar leaghadh
Fad an fheasgair air an Dun
'S tu laighe leisg ri mo thaobh

Gum bitheadh tu comhla ruim gu brath
Chan fhan a' ghrian fad na bliadhna
Cha sheas an uair mar a tha i
Dh'fhalbh thusa gu'n a'cheo

'S dh'fhag thu mi le mo geamhradh
'S iomadh oidch' a rinn sinn suiridhe
'S iomadh oidhch' a rinn sinn gair
'S ionadh oidhch' a bhithinn a'smuaintinn

Chi mi'n geamhradh 'as a' ghaoith
Chaneil an sheachd' fada bhuainn
Sgothan dorch' 's na craobhan ruisgt
Tha an oidhche nochd fuar

Tha an oidhche nochd fuar

Chi Mi'n Geamhradh (I See The Winter), by C. MacDonald / R. MacDonald

A painfully mournful duet, this is one of my favourite songs.

Drawn on lightly tinted red calligraphy paper. It was first washed with diluted purple ink, then had the Gaelic lyrics of the song written in an indigo ink with the English translation written in black ink.