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Doilig dán láechdacht.

Doilig dán láechdacht:
ní suthain a mbí,
ifernnaig a mairb.

(grim * profession * warriorship *
not * long-lived * their * living ones *
hell-damned * their * dead ones)

Warriors have a hard profession:
their life is short and then they go to hell.

(may be * good omen / blessing * whole)

May it be a complete blessing!

(for * good * and * luck * to you all)

Prosperity and luck to you!

It é rátha tucsat ind
nem talam ésca grían grind.

(are * they * pledges * they gave * into it /
heaven * earth * moon * sun * sharp)

The pledges that they gave for it were
heaven, earth, moon, and the sharp sun.

(not * endures * old rod * its * twisting)

An old rod cannot be bent.

(new * of every * food * & * old * of every * drink)

the freshest of food and the oldest of wine

Deog a topur éca itib
i cath Detna la Lagnib.

(draught * from * well * of death * he drank /
in * battle * of Detna * with * Leinstermen)

He took a drink from the well of death
in the Battle of Detna against Leinster.

Atá ben is tír
ní abar a hainm;
maidid esi a deilm
amal chloich a tailm!

(is * woman * in the * country /
not * I say * her * name /
breaks * from her * her * fart /
like * stone * out of * sling)

There’s a woman in the country,
I won’t say her name;
She lets a fart
like a stone from a sling!

Tiur-sa bréthir ná scuriub-sa co brunni brátha ⁊ betha coro scuirea Amargin.

(I give * word * that not * I will desist * until * brink * of judgment * & * of life * until * may desist * Amargin)

I swear I’ll never stop until Amargin stops.

Dar ar mbréthir trá isatt áilsiu damsa ⁊ bidat áil hi céin bat béo.

(upon * our * word * indeed * you are * desire * with me * & * you will be * desire * in * length * you may be * alive)

I give my word that you are my desire and you will be as long as you live.