Exclamations
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!
In comram beus!
In comram beus!
(the * contest * still)
On with the contest!
Colla dem inchaib!
Colla dem inchaib!
(go away * from my * face)
Get out of my sight!
Ní hansae!
Ní hansae!
(not * difficult)
That’s easy!
Mani má in talam fue!
Mani má in talam fue!
(if not * break * the * earth * under it(self))
Unless the earth breaks asunder!