Love & Sex
Ní fhetar...
Ní fhetar
cía lassa fífea Etan;
ro-fetar Etan bán,
nochon fhífea a hoenarán.
(not * is known / who * with * will sleep * Etan / but * I know * Etan * fair-haired / not * will sleep * by herself)
Who knows
who Etan will sleep with?
But I know fair Etan.
She will not sleep alone.
Ceist, in n-éláfa limm?
Ceist, in n-éláfa limm?
(question * ? * you will run away * with me)
Tell me, will you elope with me?
It é saigdi goine súain.
It é saigdi goine súain.
(they are * arrows * that kill * sleep)
These are the arrows that murder sleep…
Maraid serc céin mardda aithne.
Maraid serc céin mardda aithne.
(lasts * love * so long * that lasts * bestowal)
Love lasts as long as munificence lasts.
Inum-bia-sa úair coibligi latt?
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.
Ceilid serc ainmi ocus olc.
(hides * love * blemishes * and * ill)
Love conceals blemishes and bad character. Love is blind.
Rom-gab dano éolchaire immun mnaí.
Rom-gab dano éolchaire immun mnaí.
(has me taken * yet * longing * about the * woman)
Yet yearning for the woman has taken hold of me.
Is ferr do neoch a chor ass mani charthar mar charas.
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.