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<title type="main">Metrical Version of Tomás Ruadh's letter.</title><author><persName>Ní fios</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Pléimeann, Seán (Fleming, John)</name></editor><respStmt>
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		 <note type="N">IG03-131</note>
		 <note type="L">109</note>
		 <note type="B">1889</note>
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		 <note><p>Description of how and why changes were made</p></note>
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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Ní fios, 1889</date><idno>IG03-131</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>METRICAL VERSION OF TOMÁS</span>
<lb n="1"/><span>RUAD'S LETTER.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>[From the Gaodhal of Brooklyn.]</span></p>
<lb n="4"/>
<lb n="5"/><p><span>When Tomás Ruadh had written his letter</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>to the Paorach, G.J., No. 30, p. 87, he made</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>the following metrical version of it.  This</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>version our tyros had better get by heart,</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>for the sake of the words and idioms in it,</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>as well as for its correct description of the</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>state of the country.</span></p>
<lb n="12"/>
<lb n="13"/><p><span>Ní bh-fuaras féin a leithéid de chúntus,</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>Riamh am shaoghal ó ghaol ná comhgus,</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>A's atá léighthe 'san leitir so chúgham-sa,</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>Do tháinig anall ó Shaghsana Nuadh uait.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>Do chuir sé nise seacht m-bliadh'na in óige</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>An sgeul do chuir tú anall tar mór-mhuir;</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Go bh-fuil tu go sámh 'sad'shláinte fós ann</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Míle buidheachus le Righ na Glóire.</span></p>
<lb n="22"/>
<lb n="23"/><p><span>Tá Éire go bocht agus go brónach,</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>Na daoine dá g-caitheamh amach air na</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>bóithre</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>Gan truaighe ar domhan dóibh, fosgadh na</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>fóirighin</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>'Siad ag imtheacht anonn thar muir'na</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>slóighte.</span></p>
<lb n="30"/>
<lb n="31"/><p><span>Mar ní'l toradh maith ná fóghanta</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>A g-coirce, a g-cruithneacht ná 'n-eórna;</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>A's tá na prátaidhe suarach go leór ann</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>A's le sraoileacht na h-aimsire na bar-</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>raídhe, dreóghadh orrainn.</span></p>
<lb n="36"/>
<lb n="37"/><p><span>Sinn stuite, stracaighthe, briste, brúighte,</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>Cráidhte, ceusda, sniugaighthe crúighte,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Gan allus air domhan ortha ná náire,</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Beith ná'r g-caitheamh agus ná'r g-cáine.</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>Gan a luach féin air chaoire ná bó 'guinn</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>'S cíosana troma 's srathana mór-chuid</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Ag teacht gach tráth orrainn le fórsa,</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>Go bh-fóirigh Dia orruinn más buan an sórt</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>so.</span></p>
<lb n="47"/>
<lb n="48"/><p><span>Is deacair duine dh'fhágail chum obair ná</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>gnótha,</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>Cailínídhe a's buachaillídhe tagartha go leór</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>ann,</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>Agus iad go neamh-mathach agus go droch-</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>mhúinte</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>Mar a bh-faghaid pádh mór & biadh fóghan-</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>ta.</span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>Ní bhíon leach ná trian an pharóisde,</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>Air maidin Dia Dómhnaigh age 'n aifrionn</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>glórmhar,</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>Mar is beag annso aosda ná óg díobh,</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Acht iad ann imigéin nó fé 'n bh-fód ann.</span>
<lb n="62"/></p>
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<pb n="110"/>
<div><lb n="63"/><p><span>Ní'l buachaill bríoghmhar, lúbach, láidir,</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>Tháll ná bhus air fuaid na h-áite,</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>Mar bíoch fad' ó 'guinn le fághail ann</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>Acht iad go léir imthighthe anann thar sáile.</span></p>
<lb n="67"/>
<lb n="68"/><p><span>Dá m-beach trius anois nó cosóig uait,</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>A's gleitheireán ort a's deitheanas leótha</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>Do bheidhinse suas lem' gheallamhaint duit</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>Mar is beag le deunadh aige táiliúirídhe.</span></p>
<lb n="72"/>
<lb n="73"/><p><span>Tá ceárdaighthe dealbh go leór ann,</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>Ní dhéanfadh gréasaidhe breug níos mó leat;</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>An uair do gheallfadh sé dhuit péire bróga</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>Do bheidís déanta aige an-am gan ghó dhuit.</span></p>
<lb n="77"/>
<lb n="78"/><p><span>Tá 'n Ghaedhilge a meath & a feógh' orruinn</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Ro-mhór na ndaoineadh 'nois ag Béar-</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>lóireacht;</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Nach bocht an cás na h-aos óga</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>Bheith labhairt Béarla leis an dream do</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>thóig iad.</span></p>
<lb n="84"/>
<lb n="85"/><p><span>Ní'l an teagusg Críosduidhe anois d'a</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>mhúnadh</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>Ní bíon sgeul ná eachtara 'guinn air tho-</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>ramh,</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>Ná súgra air domhan mar bhí fad ó 'guinn,</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>Agus is anamh a bhíonn braon le n-ól ann.</span></p>
<lb n="91"/>
<lb n="92"/><p><span>Suas air na cnoic a's amach air na sléibhte,</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>Síos annsna gleannta 's air fuaid na</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>réighte,</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>An Béarla d'a labhairt a's meath air a'</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>ngaedheilge</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>An teanga úd do labhair Pádraig naomh-</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>tha.</span></p>
<lb n="99"/>
<lb n="100"/><p><span>An teang' úd do labair gaisgigh na Féinne;</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>An teang' úd do thug an creideamh go h-</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>Éire;</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>An teang' úd is dual dúinn go léireach;</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>An teang' úd do labh'rag gach am ann</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>Éilge.</span></p>
<lb n="106"/>
<lb n="107"/><p><span>Dá g-cuirfeach na sagairt le na chéile,</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>An dream do choimeád an creideamh in</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>Éire,</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>Agus na daoine chuir leó an einfheacht,</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>Dh'aithbheodhfuidhe gan mhoill an teanga Ghae-</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>dhilge.</span></p>
<lb n="113"/>
<lb n="114"/><p><span>Sé ghoillean orm, ma dhíth, go doithte,</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>Nuair chídhim an dream ar dhual 'sar chóir</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>dóibh,</span>
<lb n="117"/><span>Ar d-teanga labhairt go blasda gleóighte.</span>
<lb n="118"/><span>Gan focal Gaedhilge aco acht ag Béar-</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>lóireacht.</span></p>
<lb n="120"/>
<lb n="121"/><p><span>Ag tabairt teagasg Dia Dómhnaidh ó'n</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>altóir dúinn.</span>
<lb n="123"/><span>Ag dul ag cuir olla 's ag feachaint na</span>
<lb n="124"/><span>g-cómharsan,</span>
<lb n="125"/><span>'S ag éisteacht daoine bíos aosda 's breó-</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>ighte.</span></p>
<lb n="127"/>
<lb n="128"/><p><span>VOCABULARY, REMARKS, &c.</span></p>
<lb n="129"/>
<lb n="130"/><p><span>Comhgus for comh-fhogus, kinship; saghsana is the</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>Munster pronunciation of sagsana, England.  Saghsana</span>
<lb n="132"/><span>Nuadh, America; 'sad' = a's ad' = a's in do, and in your.</span>
<lb n="133"/><span>Fóirighin, relief; 'na slóighte = sluaighte, in [their]</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>multitudes; fdhghanta, same as maith; cruithneacht, wheat;</span>
<lb n="135"/><span>sraoileachd, in a person slovenliness; in the weather,</span>
<lb n="136"/><span>roads, &c., that degree of wetness that makes a person</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>sraoileach, soiled and slovenly; bárr, the top, is in</span>
<lb n="138"/><span>Munster, barra; both words also signify crop of corn,</span>
<lb n="139"/><span>&c.; the plur. of barra is barraidhe, crops, tops of trees,</span>
<lb n="140"/><span>&c.; dreóghadh, rotting.</span></p>
<lb n="141"/>
<lb n="142"/><p><span>Stuithte, plucked out of the roots; cráidhte, tormented;</span>
<lb n="143"/><span>sniugaighthe, sniugadh is to take the last few drops of milk</span>
<lb n="144"/><span>from the cow that has just been crúidhte, milked; allus,</span>
<lb n="145"/><span>sweat; here it is=náire, shame; ná'r, better, d'ár, to</span>
<lb n="146"/><span>our.  D'ár g-cáineadh, finding fault with us; srathanna,</span>
<lb n="147"/><span>taxes; tagarta, given to dispute; neamh-matach (pro-</span>
<lb n="148"/><span>nounced neamathach), very peevish, snappish; droch-</span>
<lb n="149"/><span>mhuinte, unmannerly.</span></p>
<lb n="150"/>
<lb n="151"/><p><span>Imigéin, far away; lúbach, athletic, supple; gleithei-</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>reán, a bustling hurry. Tailors were liberal in promising</span>
<lb n="153"/><span>in the old times; now they are true to their promise, as</span>
<lb n="154"/><span>they have not much to do; aige is the Munster form of</span>
<lb n="155"/><span>aig; two or three lines lower aige is with or by him;</span>
<lb n="156"/><span>leótha, a Munster form of leó.</span></p>
<lb n="157"/>
<lb n="158"/><p><span>Gréasaidhe, a shoemaker, plur., aidhthe: they were, in</span>
<lb n="159"/><span>theory at least, more lying than even the tailors; ceathrar</span>
<lb n="160"/><span>gréasaidhte gan a bheith breugach, were not to be found.</span>
<lb n="161"/><span>Now the Irish shoemaker is truthful. Péire bróga,</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>recte bróg, a pair of shoes.</span></p>
<lb n="163"/>
<lb n="164"/><p><span>A feogh' = ag feochadh, withering; ag béarbeoireacht,</span>
<lb n="165"/><span>chattering in English; reidhte, pl. of réid, a heathery</span>
<lb n="166"/><span>plain; gaisgíg= gaisgidhigh, pl. of gaisgidheach, a hero;</span>
<lb n="167"/><span>go Léireach, a Munster form of go léir, all, entirely;</span>
<lb n="168"/><span>labhrag, = labhradh, was spoken.</span></p>
<lb n="169"/>
<lb n="170"/><p><span>G-cuirfeach (g-cuirfeadh) … le n-a chéile, join unani-</span>
<lb n="171"/><span>mously; na daoine chuir (chur) leó, the people to join</span>
<lb n="172"/><span>them.</span></p>
<lb n="173"/>
<lb n="174"/><p><span>Ghoilleann orm, afflicts me.</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>Ag cur ola, administering extreme unction; ag éis-</span>
<lb n="176"/><span>deacht daoineadh, hearing persons' confessions; breoighte,</span>
<lb n="177"/><span>sick.</span></p>
<lb n="178"/>
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