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Is álaind cech nderg...

Is álaind cech nderg,
is gel cach núa,
is caín cech ard,
is serb cach gnáth.
Cáid cech n-écmais,
is faill cech n-aichnid
co festar cach n-éolas.

(is * beautiful * every * red one / is * bright * every * new one / is * fair * every * tall one / is * bitter * every * usual one / noble * every * absent one / is * deficient * every * familiar one / until * is known * every * knowledge)

Everything red is beautiful,
everything new is bright,
everything tall is lovely,
everything usual is bitter,
everything absent is noble,
everything familiar is insufficient
until all knowledge is known.

Fir gontair, mná bertair, baí aegtair!

(men * are slain * women * are abducted * cattle * are driven)

Men are killed, women are carried off, cattle are driven away!

Úasal cach fír.

(noble * every * truth)

Everything true is noble.

Is ard cech recht co himchim.

(is * high * every * law * until * transgression)

Every law is lofty until it’s broken.

Messam airli íargáes.

(worst * of advice * after-wisdom)

Hindsight is the worst sort of advice.

Mairg dam-sa ría cách, mairg íar cách!

(woe * to me - emphatic * before * everyone * woe * after * everyone)

Woe to me before everyone, woe after everyone!

Fó cach tan teine.

(good * every * time * a fire)

A fire is fine anytime.

Noco modmar cach n-óenbró.

(is not * effective * each * one millstone)

A single millstone is useless.

Ní raba-sa ríam cen fher ar scáth araile ocum.

(not * was I - emphatic * ever * without * a man * on * shadow * of another * at me)

I have never been without one man in the next one’s shadow.

Is ferr do neoch a chor ass mani charthar mar charas.

(is * better * for * one * its * putting * out * if not * is loved * as * that loves)

It is better to give it up if one is not loved as one loves.