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Clocán binn...
Clocán binn
benar i n-aidchi gaíthe:
ferr limm dul ina dáil
indás i ndáil mná baíthe.
(little bell * sweet / (that) is rung * in * a night * of wind / was * better * with me * going * in its * meeting / than * in * meeting * of woman * lustful)
A sweet little bell
that is rung on a windy night:
I would rather go to meet it
than to meet a lustful woman.
Tabair mo thrí drinnrosc dam!
Tabair mo thrí drinnrosc dam!
(give * my * three * wishes * to me)
Give me my three wishes!
Ba gat imm gainem.
Ba gat imm gainem.
(was * a withe * around * sand)
It would be like tying sand with a willow shoot.
Eochair fessa foglaim.
Eochair fessa foglaim.
(key * of knowledge * learning)
Learning is the key to knowledge.
duibithir éc, buidithir ór, glaisithir bun cuilinn
duibithir éc, buidithir ór, glaisithir bun cuilinn
(as black (as) * death * as yellow (as) * gold * as green (as) * trunk * of a holly tree)
as black as death, as yellow as gold, as green as a holly trunk
Cen áinius
Cen áinius
in gním hí do-rigé
an ro-charus ro-cráidius.
(without * pleasure / the * deed * it * (that) I have done / that * which I have loved * I have tormented)
No pleasure
in the deed I’ve done:
the one I’ve loved I’ve pained.
Céin mair molthiar, mairg áerthiar.
Céin mair molthiar, mairg áerthiar.
(long * live * (who) is praised * woe * (who) is satirized)
Happy the one who is praised, woe to the one who is mocked.
Am gáeth i mmuir...
Am gáeth i mmuir,
Am tonn trethan,
Am fuaim mara…
(I am * wind * in * sea / I am * wave * of stormy sea / I am * sound * of sea)
I am a wind on the sea,
I am a wave of the tempest,
I am the sound of the sea…
Ní hinunn fríth fo-geib cách.
Ní hinunn fríth fo-geib cách.
(not * equal * finding * gets * everyone)
Not everyone gets the same thing. (Life is unequal.)
Eochair úaisle étach.
Eochair úaisle étach.
(key * of nobility * clothing)
Clothing is the key to nobility.