searching for poem by Sorley McLean (scottish gaelic poet) with the (english) words "it's not the beauty..."

Question

I had the English translation of this great poem years ago and have misplaced it. Online searches return void. It's for my own use and I will not publish it. It's not a long poem and the original is written is Scottish gaelic but I want the English translation of it.

Answer 1

It is not the beauty...

"It is not the beauty of your body,
the beauty shaped in your face,
the beauty blinding my eyes
though it has gone beyond thought;
but the beauty of the spirit
that took form in your face,
the beauty of the spirit,
the heart marrow of my love."

Somhairle MacGill-Eain
(Dáin do Eimhir XXXVII, 1943)
Translation: Sorley McLean