(9mh no 10mh ceud)
Scél lem dúib:
dordaid dam;
snigid gaim;
ro fáith sam;
Gáeth ard úar;
ísel grían;
gair a rrith;
ruirthech rían;
Rorúad rath;
ro cleth cruth;
ro gab gnáth
giugrann guth.
Ro gab úacht
etti én;
aigre ré;
é mo scél.
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(9th or 10th Century Irish)
Brief account:
Stag’s complaint.
Cold front.
Summer’s spent.
High cold blow.
Sun holds low.
Short the day.
Sea just spray.
Bracken brown,
Broken down.
Geese all mouth,
Heading south.
Chilled each quill.
Feathers’ flurry.
Weather’s hoary.
End of story!
(Trans. Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh)
