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Fé amae!
Fé amae!
(alas * indeed)
Woe is me!
Ba deól mela a mecnaib ibair.
Ba deól mela a mecnaib ibair.
(was * sucking * of honey * out of * roots * of yew)
It would be like sucking honey from yew roots.
Fil duine...
Fil duine
frismad buide limm díuterc,
ara tibrinn in mbith uile,
a meicc Maire, cid díupart.
(there is * person /
at whom would be * gratification * with me * gazing /
for whom * I would give * the * world * all /
o * son * of Mary * although were * fraud)
There is one
on whom I would gladly gaze,
for whom I would give the whole world,
O Son of Mary, though it were a bad bargain.
Ferr síd sochocad.
Ferr síd sochocad.
(better * peace * (than) a successful war)
Peace is better than a successful war.
Celebrad duit!
Celebrad duit!
(adieu * to you)
Farewell!
Techt do Róim...
Techt do Róim,
mór saítho, bec torbai.
In rí chon-daigi i foss,
manim-bera latt, ní fogbai.
(going * to * Rome / a great deal * of hardship * little * of profit / the * king * that you seek * there / if not him - you carry * with you * not * you find)
Going to Rome,
great hardship, little profit.
You won’t find the king you seek there
unless you take him with you.
Dia tí íasc i n-inbera...
Dia tí íasc i n-inbera
rot-bia éo co lleith araile;
Dia tí íall i mmag
rot-bia cauth co lleith araile.
(if * come * fish * into * estuaries / you will have * salmon * with * half * other / if * come * flock * into * plain / you will have * goose * with * half * other)
If fish come to the rivermouths
you will have a salmon, and more.
If a flock comes to the plain
you will have a goose, and more.
Día do bethu!
Día do bethu!
(God * your * life)
Hail! Greetings!
Céin gair cech fán imthéit lén.
Céin gair cech fán imthéit lén.
(in long * in short * every * wandering * befalls * misfortune)
Sooner or later all wandering leads to grief.
Ro·cúala ní·tabair eochu ar dúana...
Ro·cúala ní·tabair eochu ar dúana;
do·beir a n-í as dúal dó: bó.
(I have heard * not gives * horses * for * poems/ gives * the * thing * that is * natural * for him * a cow)
I have heard he doesn’t give horses for poems;
he gives the thing that fits his nature: a cow.