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Thread #19348   Message #3798335
Posted By: keberoxu
29-Jun-16 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: poetry by Douglas Hyde / de Hide
Subject: RE: Douglas de Hide's poetry
The Peadar O Riada / Cuil Aodha chorus performance video does not give the poem anyplace, but I have found the lyrics at last. The trouble is that there is no credit, that I can observe, to Douglas Hyde. However, since the poem matches the lyrics, the least I can do is post it here, with bibliography.

In the anthology, the two pages are titled: CRÓNÁN NA MBEACH

Lá geal samhraid gan smúit san spéir;
mórbhrothal an mheadhon-lae ag loisceadh an tailimh is an duine;
sliabh fiadhain agus fraoch fé bláth;
agus na beacha móra ioldathacha chun saothair.
Is beag duine nach cuimhin leis a leithéid sin de lá do chaitheamh go díamhaoin smaointeach uair éigin dá shaogal.
Na luidhe ar fhlearg a dhroma dó sa bhfraoch,
a aghaidh dóighte ón ngréin,
ní léir dó fuaim ná ngluaiseacht 'na thimcheall ach na beacha.
Tá an oiread sain ciúinis ann go gceapann sé

    Go sonaid sciatháin gach míl ar an spéir
    Is go ndeintear binn-chláirseach den mór-chnoc go léir.

Mar tá an taer ciúin ar fuaimint acu.

Sin é atá san amhrán deas so: cúntas ar lá deagh-sín ach tá fíor-dhraoideacht an tsamhraidh ar fheabhas ann,
gile spéire, gáire scotha, cumhracht fraoich agus
"crónán na mbeach os mo chionn ins an spéir."

Ní fios cé dhein.   

Meadair an amhráin air:

    _x__x_x_í
    _x__x_x_í.   

[End of introduction to poem; no English translation. Poem follows.]

pp. 50 - 51, Óir-Chiste. Duanaire Liricí do 'n Aos Foghluma. Séamus Ó hAodha, M.A. do thoigh.
Óir-Chiste Filíochta.
Educational Company of Ireland, Ltd. Dublin, 1922