Aesomes

Translated By Roddy Lumsden
The sneck's aye sweirt and ayont
a doverin cratur wi a lit o the lowe
they ken ilka gadge on the bowe
bi the soond o thir foot-fa   
glisk the skyrie lamp
hingin on the smittie ceilin
a spreckelt green plaunt is deein
a wandert bairn greets   
aneath thon laich an gowstie lift
at lang an last the onfa.

Source: Poetry (April 2008)