April 2008: Tribute to Simon MacKenzie

Tionndadh

RODY GORMAN pays a poetic tribute to the late Simon Mackenzie, actor, writer, theatre director and Gaelic activist
 

Bha mi ‘g iarraidh tionndadh air ais cho luath
‘S a bhuail e orm cò bh’ agam –
There you were, a Shìm, down
From the woods in the hills in between
Gare Loch and Loch Long, heading
For the early bus near the end of the loch,
A’ dol dhachaigh, going home, I thought.

Thug mi sùil, I checked and it had just gone
Ten on that beautiful day,
Là Buidhe Bealltainn fhèin, wasn’t it
But it had arrived on time
Is an dèidh gun do dh’èigh mi: Stad! Stad!
You were on your way already.

© Rody Gorman

Links

• Herald Obituary 
• Scotsman Obituary 
• TOSG profile