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Gura féis ic faelaib do chorp!
Gura féis ic faelaib do chorp!
(may it be * feast * at * wolves * your * body)
May your body be a feast for wolves!
Trí bás úaim rohuccaiter...
Trí bás úaim rohuccaiter!
Trí áes dom dorataiter!
Secht tonna tacid dom dorodailter!
(three * death(s) * from me * may they be taken
threee * age(s) * to me * may they be given
seven * waves * of good fortune * to me * may they be poured out)
May three deaths be taken from me!
May three ages be given to me!
May seven waves of fortune be granted to me!
Ropo chétach cétblíadnach...
Ropo chétach cétblíadnach, cech cét diib ar úair.
(may I be * hundredfold * hundred years * each * hundred * of them * by * time)
May I live for a hundred times a hundred years, each hundred of them in turn!
Rath fortsu dano ⁊ for fir t’inaid...
Rath fortsu dano ⁊ for fir t’inaid ina lóg sin, ⁊ nirab écen iarfaigid fir t’inaid do grés in cach airiucht i mbia.
(good fortune * on you * then * and * on * man * of your place * in its * reward * that * and * may there not be * need * of protection * of man * of your place * for * ever * in * every * assembly * in * which he will be)
Prosperity on you then and on your successor in reward for that, and may the protection of your successor be forever unnecessary in any assembly in which he is!
Dolma n-aithisc for fer th’inaid do grés.
Dolma n-aithisc for fer th’inaid do grés.
(slowness * of speech * on * man * of your place * for * ever)
Hesitant speech on your successor forever!
Sonus ocus degfhéth tria bithu d’fhir th’inaid do grés.
Sonus ocus degfhéth tria bithu d’fhir th’inaid do grés.
(prosperity * and * good healthy condition * through * ages * to men * of your position * for * ever)
Good fortune and good health throughout the ages to your successors forever!
Nocha chummae cách is cách.
Nocha chummae cách is cách.
(is not * same * everyone * and * everyone)
Everyone is not the same.
Ól cen íttu cen mescai...
Ól cen íttu cen mescai.
Proind shéim cen sáith cen gortai.
(Drinking * without * thirst * without * drunkenness
Meal * light * without * fullness * without * hunger)
In drinking, neither thirsty nor drunk.
In eating, neither sated nor hungry.
Is é tadall ségainne...
Is é tadall ségainne
áit i fera céilide,
dotháet i tech, snaidid crann,
gaibid rann co éimige.
(is * it * visit * of * skill
place * in [which] * pours forth * social visiting
he comes * into * house * carves * wood
sings * quatrain * with * opportuneness)
It’s a skilfull visit
to a social gathering:
he comes inside, whittles a stick,
and sings an appropriate rhyme.
Ná h-abair-se bréithir móir...
Ná h-abair-se bréithir móir
ná h-abair nach tibre chóir,
ór is nár a rádh co tenn
muna fedtar a comall.
(not * say [emphatic] * words * great
not * say * which-not * you might give * rightly
for * is * shame * its * saying * with * force
if not * is possible* its * fulfillment)
Don’t make grand statements
and don’t promise what you can’t rightly give,
for it is shameful to boast of things
that you cannot deliver.