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.

Spoken by Cú Chulainn lamenting the death of Fer Diad, who was for a long time his dearest friend, but whom the politics of the day made briefly and tragically his enemy. Found in the Book of Leinster version of “Táin Bó Cúailnge”.

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