Exclamations

Ach achon ach am toirsech monuar!

oh * alas * oh * I am * tired * alas

Alas, I’m weary, alas, alas.

Nom-choimmdiu-coíma!

(may me * lord * protect)

May the Lord preserve me!

Dar fír ar cubais!

(by * truth * of our * conscience)

Upon our conscience! By what we deem right!

Scéfe día·tuidchis ní bus mó!

(I will vomit * if you were to come * anything * that would be * more)

I’ll vomit if you come any closer!

Uch a lám...

Uch a lám,
ar scribis de memrum bán!
Béra in memrum fá buaidh,
is bethair-si id benn lom cuail cnám.

(och * o * hand/
all that * you wrote * of * parchment * white/
you will carry * the * parchment * under * fame/
and * you will be * in-your * tip * naked * of heap * of bones)

Alas, hand,
so much white parchment you’ve written!
You will make the parchment famous,
and you will be the naked tip of a heap of bones.

A cenna dona druídib ocus dona filedaib!

(their * heads * from the * druids * and * from the * poets)

Off with the heads of the druids and the poets!

Amrae n-amrae!

(wonder * of wonders)

Wonder of wonders!

Am trú-sa trá!

(I am * a doomed man - emphatic * indeed)

I’m doomed for sure!

Tíagam ass trá!

(let’s go * out of it * then)

Let’s get moving, then! Let’s set out!

Is mór in bét!

(great * the * calamity)

What a pity!