The Characters Speak
Cucum dom thig tíssaid uili íar bar n-écaib!
Cucum dom thig tíssaid uili íar bar n-écaib!
(to me * to my * house * you should come * all * after * your * deaths)
Let all of you come to my house after your death.
Indé ba medithir slíab...
Indé ba medithir slíab, indiu ní fhuil de acht a scath.
(yesterday * was * as big * as a mountain * today * not * is * of him * but * his * shadow)
Yesterday he was as big as a mountain, today all that remains of him is his shadow.
Ní raba-sa ríam cen fher ar scáth araile ocum.
Ní raba-sa ríam cen fher ar scáth araile ocum.
(not * was I - emphatic * ever * without * a man * on * shadow * of another * at me)
I have never been without one man in the next one’s shadow.
Tabair mo thrí drinnrosc dam!
Tabair mo thrí drinnrosc dam!
(give * my * three * wishes * to me)
Give me my three wishes!
For fír th’ainich ocus t’anama!
For fír th’ainich ocus t’anama!
(on * truth * of your honor * and * your soul)
Upon the truth of your honor and your soul!
Imm-caemros-sa do gáethaib corbom gáeth fadeisin.
Imm-caemros-sa do gáethaib corbom gáeth fadeisin.
(I will inquire - emphatic * of * wise men * that I may be * wise * (my)self)
I will inquire of wise men so that I may be wise myself.
Anmain i n-anmain!
Anmain i n-anmain!
(soul * in * soul)
Spare my life!