English poem
Lochaber no More
by Neil Munro (1863–1930)
FAREWELL to Lochaber, farewell to the glen, No more will he wander Lochaber again. Lochaber no more! Lochaber no more! The lad will return to Lochaber no more! The trout will come back from the deeps of the sea, The bird from the wilderness back to the tree, Flowers to the mountain and tides to the shore, But he will return to Lochaber no more!
O why should the hills last, that never were young, Unperishing stars in the heavens be hung; Be constant the seasons, undrying the stream, And he that was gallant be gone like a dream? Brave songs will be singing in isles of the West, But he will be silent who sang them the best; The dance will be waiting, the pipes will implore, But he will return to Lochaber no more!