Sorley MacLean
There was a profile in Saturdayâs Guardian about the Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean (or Somhairle MacGill-Eain, to give him his proper Gaelic name) by Seamus Heaney. Somhairle is one of my favourite poets, though as I only know a few words of Gaelic, I have to read his translations into English. Seamus Heaney has just produced a new translation of his poem, âHallaig”, which you can read here. Though the profile is very interesting, and I like Heaneyâs own poetry a lot, I must say that I am rather disappointed by his translation.
