Dàin do Eimhir
Dàin do Eimhir (transl. Poems for Eimhir) is a sequence of sixty poems written in Scottish Gaelic by Sorley MacLean. Considered MacLean's masterpiece, the poems deal with intertwining themes of romantic love, landscape, history, and the Spanish Civil War, and are among the most important works ever written in Scottish Gaelic literature.
| "Dàin do Eimhir" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Sorley MacLean | |
The cover of Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile | |
| Translator | Sorley MacLean, also Iain Crichton Smith |
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile |
| Publication type | Poetry collection |
| Publisher | William MacLennan |
| Publication date | November 1943 |
| Published in English | 1971 |
Forty-eight of the poems were published in MacLean's 1943 book Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile, and thirty-six were included in a 1971 English version translated by Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn. MacLean asked his publisher to destroy the other twelve, but eleven survived and were published in 2002 in an annotated edition edited by Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin.
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