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Suí cech sochoisc.
Suí cech sochoisc.
(a sage * every * easily taught one)
Anyone who can be taught is wise.
Do shoínmigi sin!
Do shoínmigi sin!
(for * happiness, prosperity * that)
Congratulations!
Do-léici gó do fhír.
Do-léici gó do fhír.
(yields * untruth * to * truth)
Untruth yields to truth.
Bennacht dé ocus ainde fort!
Bennacht dé ocus ainde fort!
(blessing * of gods * and * un-gods * on you)
The blessings of the gods and the non-gods upon you!
Ní hansae!
Ní hansae!
(not * difficult)
That’s easy!
Ní ba dúnad cen rígu...
Ní ba dúnad cen rígu,
ní ba fili cen scéala,
ní ba ingen manip fíal,
ní maith cíall neich nad léga.
(not * was * encampment * without * kings / not * was * poet * without * tales / not * was * maiden * if is not * generous / not * good * sense * of one * that not * reads)
No encampment without kings,
no poet without tales,
no maiden if not hospitable,
no good sense in one who doesn’t read.
A rigne is messu don gaís.
A rigne is messu don gaís.
(its * slowness * (that) is * worse * for the * wisdom)
The worst of wisdom is its slowness.
Suthain cach flaith lasa forbaither fír.
Suthain cach flaith lassa forbaither fír.
(everlasting * every * ruler * by whom * is achieved * truth)
Every ruler who attains justice endures.
Is bethu i mmudu ocus is trebad i mmaig!
Is bethu i mmudu ocus is trebad i mmaig!
(is * a life * in * vain * and * is * husbandry * in * field)
It’s a life gone to waste and a livelihood lost…!
In folt amal in fíach...
In folt amal in fíach
ocus in grúad amal in fuil
ocus in corp amal in snechta.
(the * hair * like * the * raven / and * the * cheek * like * the * blood / and * the * body * like * the * snow)
Hair as black as the raven,
a cheek as red as blood,
and a body white as snow.