A’m na mair th’ jimmy ye knew
in word nor speech nor flight
I am na mair th’ bard of
verses o’ delight
I am na mair that braw soul
now seeming tae juist be
I am th’ bard o’ bitter words
I am grawin old
I am bound ‘n’ a’m lost, ah aye lassy yer face
though ah be fun ‘n’ count th’ cost
always be a saddened breath
and then mah hert be soft
I stravaig noo in shadow dance
some shade o’ times lang gone
I am nae yit an echo of
mah whispers or mah song
My dialect isn’t great but I will keep working on it. English translation below
I am no more the man you knew
in word nor speech nor flight
I am no more the poet of
verses of delight
I am no more that handsome soul
now seeming to just be
I am the bard of bitter words
I am growing old
I am bound and I am lost, I still miss your face
though I be found and count the cost
always be a saddened breath
and then my heart be soft
I wander now in shadow dance
some shade of times long gone
I am not yet an echo of
my whispers or my song