Tigedhus do bheith gan mnaoi...

Tigedhus do bheith gan mnaoi,
as iomramh luinge gan laoi.

(household * for * being * without * woman /
is * rowing * of boat * without * rudder)

A household to be without a wife
is the rowing of a rudderless boat.

A half stanza from “Buile Shuibhne” (lines 832-3).