<p>Lewis MacKinnon&rsquo;s fourth Scottish Gaelic poetry collection features translations of the Rumi interpretations of poet Coleman Barks alongside MacKinnon&rsquo;s own original poems. The poems in the collection are grouped thematically in sections corresponding to days that are celebrated in the Gaelic cultural calendar year in Nova Scotia.</p><p>Tha an ceathramh cruinneachadh do bh&agrave;rdachd aig Lodaidh MacFhionghain a&rsquo; cur feairt air eadar-theangachaidhean do mh&igrave;neachaidhean Rumi a rinn Coleman Barks an cuide ri d&agrave;in a rinn MacFhionghain fh&eacute;in.&nbsp;Tha cuspairean nan d&agrave;n &rsquo;s a&rsquo; chruinneachadh seo air an cur ann an se&ograve;rsachan a bhios a&rsquo; freagair ri cinn-l&agrave; a th&eacute;id an cumail ann am m&igrave;osachan culturach nan G&agrave;idheal an Albainn Nuaidh.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;MacKinnon gives us an insight into some powerful and important poetry and thoughts from a truly remarkable mind, that of a man from a distant past and a far away place, but one whose words still resonate with everyday life today. A fine and well put together piece of work, worthy of widespread attention. I recommend it to the world. Beware&mdash;it will make you think.&rdquo;&emsp;&mdash;Angus MacLeod, Goose Cove, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia</p><p>&ldquo;Tha MacFhionghuin a&rsquo; toirt dhuinn sealladh air cuid de bh&agrave;rdachd agus smuaintean cumhachdach is cudromach bho inntinn f&igrave;or iongantach, o dhuine bho linn fad air ais an eachdraidh agus o &agrave;ite fad&rsquo; air falbh, ach fear le faclan a bhios fhathast buntainneach do &lsquo;r beatha l&agrave;itheil an-diugh. Obair mhath, air a cur gu math, agus airidh air aire farsaing. Molaidh mi&nbsp;&nbsp;dhan t-saoghal i. Ach bithibh faiceallach&mdash;faodaidh i smaoineachadh domhain a thoirt oirbh!&rdquo; &mdash;Aonghas MacLe&ograve;id, C&ograve;bh Anndra, Ceap Breatainn, Alba Nuadh</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;This elegant book brings together poetry from different eras and countries but all in pursuit of the same objective&mdash;wisdom. [...] It&rsquo;s a great delight to read important new writing like this from Canada. One will return to this book many times to visit some of the poems. [...S]some must be pondered and others are short, neat and strike your mind like a sunbeam. Without doubt it will make you ponder many subjects, which will itself be a joy to the reader.&rdquo;&emsp;&mdash;Dr. Angus MacLeod, Glasgow</p><p>&ldquo;Tha an leabhar grinn seo a&rsquo; toirt ri ch&egrave;ile b&agrave;rdachd bho dhiofar linntean is d&ugrave;thchannan ach uile air t&ograve;ir na h-aon ceann-uidhe&mdash;gliocas. [...] Tha e na thlachd mh&ograve;r sgr&igrave;obhadh cudromach &ugrave;r mar seo a leughadh &agrave; Canada. Thillear dhan leabhar seo iomadach &ugrave;r gus c&egrave;ilidh a-rithist air cuid de na d&agrave;in. [...T]ha feadhainn a dh&rsquo;fheumar cnuasachd is cuid eile a tha goirid, grinn is a bhualas nad inntinn mar ghath gr&egrave;ine. Gun teagamh bheir e ort me&ograve;rachadh air ioma chuspair, is thig tlachd an cois sin.&rdquo;&emsp;&mdash;An Dr. Aonghas MacLe&ograve;id, Glaschu</p>