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Thread #19348 Message #3798342
Posted By: keberoxu
29-Jun-16 - 07:03 PM
Thread Name: poetry by Douglas Hyde / de Hide
Subject: Lyr Add: Cronan na mBeach a/k/a/ Aoibhinn Cronan
the title of the poem is
CRÓNÁN NA MBEACH
[no author credit in the source -- bibliography, end of previous post in this thread]
Is aoibhinn crónán na mór-bheach bhfiadhain
Sna scothaibh fé bhláth aon lá deagh-shín
Nuair dheallruigheann grian ar chnoc is ar bhré
Is gáireann an domhan fé shoillse an lae
Ach an son is binne do chluintear ann
'S é fuaim na beiche 'measc bláth na mbeann
Nuair sonaid sciatháin gach míl ar an spéir
Is deintear binn-chláirseach den mhór-chnoc go léir
Ó tabhair dom sliabh fiadhain le fraoch fé bhláth
Is spéir ghlan an tsamhraidh gan smúit gan scáth
Scotha ag deallrughadh am thímcheall go léir
Is crónán na mbeach os mo chionn ins an spéir
That's it....could I interest anyone in translating it into English?
Because if I attempted it, it would be the blind leading the, er, the rest of you.