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<title type="main">Seadhna.  (ar leanamhain.)</title><author><persName>Ua Laoghaire, Peadar</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Mac Néill, Eoin</name></editor><respStmt>
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		 <note type="N">IG05-10133</note>
		 <note type="L">150</note>
		 <note type="B">1895</note>
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		 <note><p>Description of how and why changes were made</p></note>
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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>January, 1895</date><idno>IG05-10133</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>Séadhna</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>(Ar leanamhain).</span></p>
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<lb n="4"/><p><span>Bhí Séadhna sásta.</span></p>
<lb n="5"/>
<lb n="6"/><p><span>“Trí bhliadhna déag!” ar seisean i n-a</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>aigneadh féin, “agus neart dom tarrang as ar</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>mo dhícheall.  Chuir sé brígh na mionn orm,</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>acht bheirim-se brígh gach mionna agus gach móide</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>dhuit-sé, a sparáinín, go mbainfear ceol</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>asat!”</span></p>
<lb n="12"/>
<lb n="13"/><p><span>“Slán beo agat-sa!” ar seisean leis an</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>bhfear ndubh.</span></p>
<lb n="15"/>
<lb n="16"/><p><span>D'iompuigh sé ar a sháil chum teacht a</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>bhaile agus má d'iompuigh, siúd le n-a chois an</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>fear dubh.  Ghéaruigh sé a choisidheacht.  Ghéa-</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>ruigh seisean chomh maith.</span></p>
<lb n="20"/>
<lb n="21"/><p><span>“Cad dheunfad?”  Arsa Seadhna i n-a</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>aigneadh féin.  “Chífidh na comharsain é.”</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>“Ná bíodh ceist ort,” ars' an fear dubh.</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>“Ní fheicfidh aon-ne' mé acht tú féin.  Ní</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>fuláir dam thu thionnlacan a bhaile agus eolus</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>na slighe do chur, agus radharc d'fhagháil ar an</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>gcathaoir shúgáin úd, agus ar an mealbhóig, agus ar</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>na habhlaibh.”</span></p>
<lb n="30"/>
<lb n="31"/><p><span>“Gan rath ortha mar chathaoir agus mar mheal-</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>bhóig agus mar chrann abhall!  Is breagh na trí</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>neithe do loiteadh indiu orm dá mbarr,” arsa</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>Seadhna.</span></p>
<lb n="35"/>
<lb n="36"/><p><span>“Ní hé sin an ceann is measa de'n</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>sgeul,” arsa 'n fear dubh.  “Acht má thea-</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>gann aon chomharsa isteach agus go suidhfidh sé</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>'sa' chathaoir, ní fuláir duit aon-tuigheas do</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>thabhairt saor ó chíos do, mar ní bheidh ar do</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>chumas é chur amach, agus é ceangailte 'sa'</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>chathaoir agat.”</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>“A dhróluinn na bhfeart!  Cad dhéanfad</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>má tá triúr ceangailte reomham sa' bhaile</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>anois?” arsa Seadhna.  “B'fhéidir, a dhuine</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>uasail, go bhfeadfá-sa iad do sgaoileadh.</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>Teanam ort.  Tá míle fáilte reomhat.”</span></p>
<lb n="49"/>
<lb n="50"/><p><span>“Foighde, foighde! a Sheadhna,” ars'an</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>fear dubh.  “Ní'l aon-ne ceangailte fós.</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>Bhí doicheall ort ó chianaibh, agus anois 'tá míle</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>fáilte reomhan.”  “Á!  A Sheadhna, sin í an</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>fháilte mar mhaithe leat féin.”</span></p>
<lb n="55"/>
<lb n="56"/><p><span>“Is dó'! 's amhlaidh mar tá sé, a dhuine</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>uasail — ” arsa Seadhna, agus d'fheuch sé suas</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>ar na hadharcaibh agus síos ar an gcrúib.</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>“O! tuigim,” ars'an fear dubh.  “Ní</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>thaithneann deunamh na bróige seo leat, ná</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>an saghas ornáide atá ar mo cheann.  Ná</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>bac sain.  'Nuair bheidh taithighe agat ortha,</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>ní bhfaighir locht ar bith ortha.”</span></p>
<lb n="65"/>
<lb n="66"/><p><span>“Is dó', go deimhin féin anois, a dhuine</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>uasail,” arsa Seadhna, “agus creid mé leis, ní</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>chúcha-sa do bhíos.  Acht dá bhfeicidís na</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>comharsain thú, do sgannróchaidís, agus bheidheadh</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>díoghbhail déanta, b'éidir.”</span></p>
<lb n="71"/>
<lb n="72"/><p><span>“Thar a bhfeacaidhis riamh!  Ná fuilim</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>d'éis a rádh leat nach baoghal go bhfeicfidh</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>aon-ne' mé acht tu féin?” ars' an fear dubh.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>“Tá go maith,” arsa Seadhna.  “Teanam</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>ort.”</span>
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<div><lb n="79"/><p><span>Síle.  A Thiarcais!  A Pheg, badh dhóigh liom,</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>dá bhfeicinn é, go dtuitfeadh an t-anam tur</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>te asam.</span></p>
<lb n="82"/>
<lb n="83"/><p><span>Cáit.  Cad é an mhaith dhuit bheith ag caint</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>mar sin?  Ná dubhairt sé ná feudfadh</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>aon-ne' é fheicsint acht Seadhna féin?</span></p>
<lb n="86"/>
<lb n="87"/><p><span>Síle.  Á!  a Cháit, a ghráidh dhil, ca bhfios</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>duit an raibh sé ag innsint na fírinne?  Ní</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>chreidfinn focal ó'n rógaire.</span></p>
<lb n="90"/>
<lb n="91"/><p><span>Cáit.  Nach maith thug sé an t-airgead do</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>Sheadhna?</span></p>
<lb n="93"/>
<lb n="94"/><p><span>Gob.  Ca bhfios duit ar bh'airgead é?</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>D'airigheas duine dá rádh go raibh sean</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>Mhicheál Réamoinn lá i dtigh tabhairne, i</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>Sráid an Mhuilinn, agus go raibh a dó agus dá</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>thuistiún ag bean an tabhairne air, agus go raibh</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>sí ag coiméad a hata i ngeall leis an air-</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>gead.  Do chuaidh Micheál amach sa' chlós, agus</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>do phioc sé suas a ceathair nó a cúig de</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>licínidhibh slinne, agus tar éis diabhlaidheacht'</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>éigin do dheunamh ortha, thug sé chúiche isteach</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>iad, agus nuair d'fhéach sí ortha, cheap sí gur bh'</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>airgead dleaghthach iad, agus thug sí an hata dho.</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>Deirtí gur fhoghluim Micheál “fraoimésean”</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>ó'n Ridire, agus go bhféadfadh sé gabhar do</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>dheunamh dhíot, acht dá n-aisdreochadh an ghaoth</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>agus tu ad'ghabhar, ná feudfadh sé thu chasadh</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>thar n-ais.</span></p>
<lb n="111"/>
<lb n="112"/><p><span>Séamus Ua Buachalla.  Bail ó Dhia oraibh</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>ann-so!</span></p>
<lb n="114"/>
<lb n="115"/><p><span>Peg.  O, Dia 's Muire dhuit, a Shéamuis.</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>Do dheirbhshiúr atá uait, is dócha.</span></p>
<lb n="117"/>
<lb n="118"/><p><span>Séamus.  Dubhradh léi teacht a bhaile láith-</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>reach.  Tháinig Nell.</span></p>
<lb n="120"/>
<lb n="121"/><p><span>Cáit.  Airiú greadadh chughat!  a Shéamuis.</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>Ca shoin?</span></p>
<lb n="123"/>
<lb n="124"/><p><span>Séamus.  Ó chianaibh beag.</span></p>
<lb n="125"/>
<lb n="126"/><p><span>Cáit.  Go dtugaidh Dia oidhche mhaith dhuit, a</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>Peg, agus díbh go léir.</span></p>
<lb n="128"/>
<lb n="129"/><p><span>Peg.  Go dtéidhir slán, a Cháit!</span></p>
<lb n="130"/>
<lb n="131"/><p><span>Cáit.  Ní 'neosair a thuilleadh anocht, a</span>
<lb n="132"/><span>Pheg?</span></p>
<lb n="133"/>
<lb n="134"/><p><span>Peg.  Tá go maith, a Cháit.</span></p>
<lb n="135"/>
<lb n="136"/><p><span>(Leanfar de seo.)</span>
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<div><lb n="138"/><p><span>NOTES.</span></p>
<lb n="139"/>
<lb n="140"/><p><span>1  "To lay down the knowledge of the way."  Do chuireas</span>
<lb n="141"/><span>a rian, I followed and observed his track.</span></p>
<lb n="142"/>
<lb n="143"/><p><span>2  "(May they be) without luck on them!"  Rath, felicitas.</span>
<lb n="144"/><span>Mar, translated "for."  Sgeimhleadh air mar mhadadh</span>
<lb n="145"/><span>ruadh! skewer to him for a fox!</span></p>
<lb n="146"/>
<lb n="147"/><p><span>3  Avoiding "A Dhia na bhfear!  Oh, God of miracles!"</span>
<lb n="148"/><span>Drólunn has a fine rolling sound, and enables the speaker</span>
<lb n="149"/><span>to wreak himself on the expression without profanity.  I </span>
<lb n="150"/><span>think drólunn must be some part of the human internal</span>
<lb n="151"/><span>anatomy.</span></p>
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<lb n="153"/><p><span>4  "As a benefit for yourself."  Mar mhaithe leis féin</span>
<lb n="154"/><span>dheineann an cat crónán, because he is well-disposed to</span>
<lb n="155"/><span>himself the cat purrs; proverb applied to persons in high</span>
<lb n="156"/><span>good humour for selfish reasons.  The usages of féin and</span>
<lb n="157"/><span>the English "self" often differ greatly.  "My-self" is in</span>
<lb n="158"/><span>Irish "me fein": Thade himself, Tadhg féin not Tadhg é</span>
<lb n="159"/><span>féin [but the latter usage is corruptly creeping in in the</span>
<lb n="160"/><span>North, through analogy with the English].  Féin often</span>
<lb n="161"/><span>means "even" - mar sin féin, even so.  An focal sin</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>féin, that same word, even that word.</span></p>
<lb n="163"/>
<lb n="164"/><p><span>5  Ní chuige sin do bhíos, that is not what I was driving at.</span>
<lb n="165"/><span>[Compare an liom-sa tá tú, is it to me you are speaking?]</span></p>
<lb n="166"/>
<lb n="167"/><p><span>6  So suddenly, that the body would still be dry and hot,</span>
<lb n="168"/><span>not, as after sickness, cold and wasted.</span></p>
<lb n="169"/>
<lb n="170"/><p><span>7  "My darling."  Mo is not used with the vocative.</span>
<lb n="171"/><span>"Come here, my son," tar a leith, a  mhic, not mo mhic.</span>
<lb n="172"/><span>Hence, for "my own darling," a laoigh liom is said.</span></p>
<lb n="173"/>
<lb n="174"/><p><span>9  O chianaibh, a while ago; ó ch. beag, a little while ago,</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>often translated "while-ago-een."</span></p>
<lb n="176"/>
<lb n="177"/><p><span>Peadar Ua Laoghaire.</span></p>
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<lb n="179"/><p>
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