Prosbaig
by Anne Frater
Telescope English Version
It was one thing
at Trafalgar
for Nelson, deliberately
to raise the telescope
to his blind eye
so that he wouldn’t have to read
the message in the flags.
It would have been quite another thing
if he’d taken the same attitude
to steering the ship.
Prosbaig Scottish Gaelic
‘Se aon rud a bh’ ann
latha Trafalgar
Nelson a bhith air aona ghnothach
a’ togail na prosbaig
chun t–sùil dhall
gus nach leughadh e
teachdaireachd nam bratach.
‘Se rud eile a bhiodh ann
nam biodh e ris an aon chleas
‘s e aig an stiùir.