the maisic o Peru

skails intae the kirk   -

the priest's guitar practeese

the music of Peru

spills into the church  -

the priest's guitar practice

on the monastery's

waashin-rope

speuggies an pegs in a raw

on the monastery's

washing-line

sparrows and pegs in a row

throuch the toon's vennels

crans huntin

...glentin arraheids

through the town's alleyways

swifts hunting

...flashing arrowheads

a day o seekness  -

a bummer veesits

hunkers on ma knee

a day of sickness  -

a bee visits

sits on my knee

 blowster  -

fleein's a bogie

...doos wade throuch dubs

storm  -

flights cancelled

...pigeons wade through puddles

the priest hysts the host

glisks the licht

sheen throuch it

the priest elevates the host

sees the light

shine through it

wi the bodach's arthritis

the crans'r

a pyne i the craig

with the old man's arthritis

the swifts are

a pain in the neck

bath-time fir the

peerie sodger  -

fiss o a bath - bomb

bath-time for the

lttle soldier  -

fizz of a bath-bomb

yalla gowans glowe  -

as yince unner bairnlie chafts

aw buttery

buttercups glow  -

as once under childish chins

all buttery

hameless  -

a doo howks's

tuim bunnet

homeless  -

a pigeon investigates

 his empty bonnet

he's here agane

the nebbie robin  

...bit guid company

he's here again

the nosy robin  

...but good company

the day a robin

hunkers on the Buddha's heid  -

baith hunker in mines

today a robin

sits on the Buddha's head  -

both sit in mine

unner the roseir

an egg  -

Pace relict   (hard-bylt)

under the rosebush

an egg  -

Easter relic (hard-boiled)