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Tongu do día toinges mo thúath!

(I swear * to * a god * that swears * my * tribe)

I swear by the god my tribe swears by!

It é saigdi goine súain.

(they are * arrows * that kill * sleep)

These are the arrows that murder sleep…

Céin mair ailén mora máir...

Céin mair ailén mora máir:
dosn-icc tuile íarna tráig;
os mé, ní frescu dom-í
tuile tar éis n-aithbi.

(long * live * island * of sea * great / comes to it * flood tide * after its * ebbing / as for * me * not * expectation * (that) it may come to me / flood tide * after * ebb)

Lucky the island of the great sea:
flood tide returns to it after ebb;
as for me, I have no hope that
flood will follow ebb for me.

Maraid serc céin mardda aithne.

(lasts * love * so long * that lasts * bestowal)

Love lasts as long as munificence lasts.

Cid glic fri hailchi úara...

Cid glic fri hailchi úara,
cid sáer ac imirt béla,
cid binn a dord fri dúana,
do chúala as borb nat léga.

(although * clever * at * stones * cold / although * a craftsman * at * plying * of an axe / although * sweet * his * vocalizing * at * songs / I heard * is * rude * that not * reads)

Though clever with cold stones,
though a craftsman with an axe,
though sweet his singing voice,
I’ve heard he is dull who does not read.

Find cach cóir.

(bright * every * just thing)

Everything just is bright.

Inum-bia-sa úair coibligi latt?

(? will be to me - emphatic * an hour * of lying together * with you)

Will I have an hour of love with you?

Ceilid serc ainmi ocus olc.

(hides * love * blemishes * and * ill)

Love conceals blemishes and bad character. Love is blind.

Úaisliu cech rád, rí cech slán.

(more noble * (than) every * saying * a king * every * healthy one)

The noblest of sayings is that every healthy man is a king.

Rom-gab dano éolchaire immun mnaí.

(has me taken * yet * longing * about the * woman)

Yet yearning for the woman has taken hold of me.