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Meitheamh

Seachnaíonn an saol
Meitheamh

Meitheamh, nuair a d’éag mo chroí
nuair a d’éag mo chuid filíochta
nuair a d’éag mo leannán
i bhfuil-linn na rómánsaíochta

Meitheamh, ina scoilteann an ghrian mo chraiceann
ag nochtadh fírinne mo chneá
Meitheamh, ina n-éalaíonn an t-iasc as an bhfuil-leacht
le faoiseamh a lorg
Meitheamh, a dhíchumann an chruinne, a bhalbhaíonn na haibhneacha,
a charnann litreacha nach féidir a sheachadadh ar na mairbh

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Translated to Gaelic (Gaeilge) from English by Celia de Fréine. Celia de Fréine is a poet, playwright and screenwriter who writes in Irish and English. She has won the British Comparative Literature Association Translation Award (1999) and is the author of three collections of poetry: Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (2001) and Fiacha Fola (2004) both published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta, and Scarecrows at Newtownards  (2005) published by Scotus Press.

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Copyright 2008, International PEN Centre Sydney Inc.. Cite/attribute Resource. admin. (2008, March 07). Irish Centre. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from PEN Poem Relay Web site: http://www.penpoemrelay.org/poems/irish-centre. All Rights Reserved.