Woe
Fir gontair, mná bertair, baí aegtair!
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!
Mairg dam-sa ría cách, mairg íar cách!
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!
Fé amae!
Fé amae!
(alas * indeed)
Woe is me!
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.
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…!