Sinn ag loighe ar in lucht romhainn...

Sinn ag loighe ar in lucht romhainn,
lucht oile orainn san úaigh.

(we * at * lying * on * the * people * before us /
people * other * on us * in the * grave)

We rest on those who came before us,
and others will rest on us in the grave.

This half stanza is quoted in §72 of the “Irish Grammatical Tracts”, edited by Osborn Bergin in “Ériu” (vol. 9, part 2, p. 118). A similar idea is expressed, somewhat less morbidly, in the saying “In bith-sa is bith cáich ar uair” in this collection.

Topics: Verse Maxims & Wise Counsel