jeudi, mars 29, 2012

Ruaraidh MacThòmais / Derick Thomson 1921 - 2012

Ruaraidh MacThòmais (Foto le Glyn Satterley, c. 1983)


TEAGAMH
Dùil 'am gu robh mi saor ach cha robh:
an geata gu bhith dùint' air fàire,
an leathad na bu chaise na bha dùil,
's nuair a dh'fheuch mi na sìnteagan
thuig mi gu robh 'n spearrach sìoda a sin fhathast,
agus is dòcha feist mu m' amhaich,
a' phrosbaig cho doilleir ri mo shùil
nuair a ràinig mi 'n rubha;
ach dè 'm feum a th' ann am prosbaig?
fear-saoraidh, ge tà, dhèanadh esan feum,
is cinnteach,
nam be 's gu bheil saorsa ann ach chan eil.

DOUBT
Thinking I was free but I wasn't:
the gate on the horizon almost closed,
the hill steeper than expected,
and when I tried to stride it out
the silken shackles were there still,
and perhaps a halter round my neck,
while the telescope was so dull
when I reached the headland;
but what's the good of a telescope?
a redeemer, though, he would work,
surely,
if indeed there is freedom but there isn't.

le Ruaraidh MacThòmais 
(Gàidhlig thùsail agus eadar-theangachadh Beurla bhon duanaire "Smeur an Dòchais / Bramble of Hope", Canongate 1991)

vendredi, mars 23, 2012

Is Homosexuality Genetic?


"My Genes Made Me Do It! 
- Homosexuality and the Scientific Evidence" 
by Neil and Briar Whitehead

"First published in the USA in 1999 this book has been completely revised (August 2010) and is freely downloadable as chapter PDFs - where it is kept under constant revision."

"'My Genes Made Me Do It'
shows homosexuality is not inborn or biologically innate and that sexual orientation naturally undergoes huge change. Its conclusions are the result of an objective and scientifically orthodox 20-year review of more than 10,000 scientific research papers and publications from all sides of the debate."

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mardi, mars 20, 2012

Liam Mac Cóil: An Litir

"B'fhearr liom a bheith i m'fhile bacach agus mo theanga féin agam ná bheith ag brath ar theanga duine eile le mé a thabhairt ó áit go háit."
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     Gaillimh, Earrach na bliana 1612. Tá an chathair trí chéile ag ráflaí, brúidiúlacht, agus ansmacht. Tá an tír ar fad faoi cheannas Shasana, agus tá Aodh Mór Ó Néill agus na taoisigh Ghaelacha sa Róimh. Leagtar cúram ar Ghaillimheach óg, Lúcás Ó Briain - cúram rúnda a thabharfadh as a chathair dhúchais é ar aistear fada thar lear. Ach ar a shála tá an Sionnach, duine de na spiairí is glice agus is cruálaí atá ag an namhaid, agus orduithe aige stop a chur leis, ar ais nó ar éigean.
     Seo é an chéad chuid de thriológ a thabharfaidh trasna na hEorpa muid i gcomhluadar Lúcáis Uí Bhriain i mblianta tosaigh na 16ú hAoise, agus naimhde brúidiúla sna sála orainn.
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