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<text><body><div><p><span>Séadhna</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>(Ar leanamhain)</span></p>
<lb n="3"/>
<lb n="4"/><p><span>Peg.  Dé bheatha-sa, a Cháit!</span></p>
<lb n="5"/>
<lb n="6"/><p><span>Cáit.  Go mairir-se, a Pheg!  Ní deirim</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>ná go bhfuil tosach agam anocht.</span></p>
<lb n="8"/>
<lb n="9"/><p><span>Peg.  Ambasa, tá, tosach agat ortha go</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>léir acht ar Shíle bhig.</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>Cáit.  Cionnus d'fhéadfainn tosach a bheith</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>agam ar Shíle agus í annso i gcomhnuidhe agat?</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>Síle.  Beidh tosach ar gach aon'ne anois</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>aici ó tá ma óg agá deirbhshiúr.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>Peg.  Éist, a thoice.  Cionnus tá Nell, a</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Cháit?</span></p>
<lb n="20"/>
<lb n="21"/><p><span>Cáit.  Tá sí go hana-mhaith, a Pheg, agus tá</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>an leanbh go maith leis, agus ó go deimhin agus go</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>dearbhtha, a Pheg, isé an leanbh is deise agus is</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>gleoidhte agus is gile a chonnaircidhis riamh ad'</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>shúilibh cinn é, agus is mise a mháthair.</span></p>
<lb n="26"/>
<lb n="27"/><p><span>Peg.  Tusa!  Cheapas gur bh' í Nell a</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>mháthair.</span></p>
<lb n="29"/>
<lb n="30"/><p><span>Cáit.  Airiú cnoc air mar sgeul!  Dár</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>ndóich isí leis.  Acht is mise a bhaist é.</span>
<lb n="32"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="164"/>
<div><lb n="33"/><p><span>Peg.  Aililliú!  A Cháit an chroidhe istigh,</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>cad badh gádh sain agus gan é ag dul chum báis?</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Nach raibh an sagart ann?</span></p>
<lb n="36"/>
<lb n="37"/><p><span>Cáit.  Acht, go bhfeuchaidh Dia orainn!  Cad</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>é sin agam dá rádh?  Dar ndóich, nídh nach</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>iongnadh, isé an sagart a bhaist é, agus mise a</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>sheasaimh chum baistidh leis, mé féin agus Séa-</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>mus.  Acht cad a chuir ad'cheann é bheith ag</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>dul chum báis, a Pheg.  Ní'l aon chomhar-</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>thaidhe báis air.  Dia dhá bheannachadh!  Ná</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>bíodh a eagla ort.</span></p>
<lb n="45"/>
<lb n="46"/><p><span>Peg.  'Sdó'.  Dubhraidhis ar dtúis gur</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>thu a mháthair, agus annsain gur thu a bhaist é,</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>agus deir an Teagasg Críosdaidhe ná féadfadh</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>aon-ne' acht an sagart é bhaisteadh, muna</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>mbeidheadh sé ag dul chum bais agus gan</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>sagart ann.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>Síle.  Ní deirim ná gurab amhlaidh mar</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>tá an sgeul ag Cáit an aimsir seo, ná</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>feadair cos léi cad dhéanfaidh lámh léi.</span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>Cáit.  Fágaim le hudhacht, a Shíle, go bhfuil</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>an ceart agat.  Ní fheadair cos liom cad</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>do dheanfaidh lámh liom, agus ní fheadar féin</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>cad do dheanfaidh cos ná lámh liom.  Dá</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>bhfeicfeá é, a Shíle, bheidheadh árd-chion agat</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>air.  Tá oiread-sain ceana agamsa air</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>gur dóigh liom go n-íosfadh é!</span></p>
<lb n="64"/>
<lb n="65"/><p><span>Gob.  Aililliú, a Cáit!  Cad é sin agat dá</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>rádh?  Níor mhaith liom go mbeidheadh puinn</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>ceana agat orm-sa, má's mar sin dhéanfá</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>liom é.</span></p>
<lb n="69"/>
<lb n="70"/><p><span>Peg.  Dé bheatha-sa, a Ghobnuit!  An</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>bhfeacaidhis Nóra ag teacht?</span></p>
<lb n="72"/>
<lb n="73"/><p><span>Gob.  Tá sí chughat an dorus isteach.  Bhí</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>sí ag bagairt orm-sa fanmhuint léi, acht bhí</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>eagla orm go gcaillfinn aon chuid de'n</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>sgeul san Sheadhna.</span></p>
<lb n="77"/>
<lb n="78"/><p><span>Nóra.  Feuch anois, a Ghobnuit!  Níor</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>bh'fhiú dhuit gan fanmhuint liom.</span></p>
<lb n="80"/>
<lb n="81"/><p><span>Peg.  Dé bheatha, a Nóra!  Ní gearánta</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>dhuit.  Ní rabhais i bhfad 'n-a diaidh.  'Seadh</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>anois, a chailínidhe, druidídh aníos annso i</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>gcomhghar na teineadh.  Tá an tráthnóna</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>buille beag glas ann féin.  Sin é!  B'</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>fhéidir anois go bhfuilimíd go seasgair.</span></p>
<lb n="87"/>
<lb n="88"/><p><span>Gob.  Feuch gur maith a shocruigheann Síle</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>í féin i n-aice Cháit, agus gan eagla uirthi go</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>bpriocfaidhe í!</span></p>
<lb n="91"/>
<lb n="92"/><p><span>Síle.  Cogar, a Cháit!  Cad í an ainm atá</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>air?</span></p>
<lb n="94"/>
<lb n="95"/><p><span>Cáit.  Tá Eumonn.</span></p>
<lb n="96"/>
<lb n="97"/><p><span>Peg.  Agus Eumonn, a athair.  sid é</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>Eumonn Óg.  Eumonn Óg Ua Flainn — is</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>breagh an ainm í, a Cháit.  Molaim thu!</span></p>
<lb n="100"/>
<lb n="101"/><p><span>Nóra.  Agus Molaim-se Séadhna, a Pheg,</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>mar fuair sé an sparán agus cead tarang as.</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>Acht cionnus do sgar sé leis an réice?  Nó</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>ar sgar sé i n-aon chor leis?</span></p>
<lb n="105"/>
<lb n="106"/><p><span>Síle.  Is baoghalach nár sgar sé ar fhogh-</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>namh leis.</span></p>
<lb n="108"/>
<lb n="109"/><p><span>Peg.  Níor sgar sé leis go dtángadar</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>araon go tigh Seadhna.  Is ar éigin do bhí</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>aghaidh tabhartha aco ar an mbaile, 'nuair</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>chonnairc Seadhna arís an leanbh agus an bhríc</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>aráin fé n'osguil aige, agus bhí sé sa' driuch</span>
<lb n="114"/><span>i n-a bhfeacaidh sé ar dtúis é.  D'fhéach sé</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>ar Sheadhna go buidheach, agus annsain do sgeinn</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>sé as a radhairc.</span></p>
<lb n="117"/>
<lb n="118"/><p><span>Ba ghairid dhóibh i n-a dhiaidh sin go bhfea-</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>caidh Seadhna an bhean chosnochtuighthe, agus</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>d'fhéach sise leis air go buidheach, agus d'osguil</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>a lámh dheas i gcaoi go bhfeacaidh sé an</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>sgilling annsúd ar chroidhe a deárnann, agus</span>
<lb n="123"/><span>annsain do sgeinn sí as a radhairc, feibh</span>
<lb n="124"/><span>mar dhein an leanbh.</span></p>
<lb n="125"/>
<lb n="126"/><p><span>Fé cheann tamaill eile, do chonnairc</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>Seadhna ag siubhal ar an mbóthar, roimis</span>
<lb n="128"/><span>amach, an duine bocht gur thug sé an chéad</span>
<lb n="129"/><span>sgilling do.  Bhí drom an duine bhoicht leis,</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>acht mar sin féin, d'aithin sé go maith é.</span></p>
<lb n="131"/>
<lb n="132"/><p><span>“Ní fheadar,” arsa Deadhna i n-a aigneadh</span>
<lb n="133"/><span>féin, “ar choimeád sé an sgilling a thugas</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>do, feibh mar choimeád an leanbh an bhríc.”</span></p>
<lb n="135"/>
<lb n="136"/><p><span>Ní túisge bhí an méid sin machtnaimh</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>déanta aige, 'ná d'iompuigh an duine bocht</span>
<lb n="138"/><span>ar a sháil, agus thugh a aghaidh ortha.  Do bhí dhá</span>
<lb n="139"/><span>dheoir mhóra ag teacht anuas ó n-a dhá shúil.</span>
<lb n="140"/><span>Do shín sé amach a dhá láímh agus iad ar leathadh,</span>
<lb n="141"/><span>i dtreo go bhfuair Seadhna radarc ar a dhá</span>
<lb n="142"/><span>dheánainn agus bhíodar araon folamh.  'Nuair</span></p>
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<pb n="165"/>
<div><lb n="143"/><p><span>chonnairc Seadhna sain, thug sé strac-</span>
<lb n="144"/><span>fheuchaint ar an bhfear ndubh, acht má thug,</span>
<lb n="145"/><span>níor chuir-san aon tsuim ann.  Níor leig</span>
<lb n="146"/><span>sé air go bhfeacaidh sé an duine bocht.</span>
<lb n="147"/><span>'Nuair d'fheuch Seadhna thar n-ais, bhí an</span>
<lb n="148"/><span>duine bocht imthighthe.</span></p>
<lb n="149"/>
<lb n="150"/><p><span>Thiomáineadar leo.  Níor labhair aon-ne</span>
<lb n="151"/><span>aco focal.  Fé dheireadh bhíodar ag deunamh</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>ar an dtigh.  Bhuail duine de na comhar-</span>
<lb n="153"/><span>sanaibh úmpa agus bheannuigh do Sheadhna.</span></p>
<lb n="154"/>
<lb n="155"/><p><span>“Dia 's Muire duit, a Sheadhna,” ar sei-</span>
<lb n="156"/><span>sean.  “Nach luath sa' lá atáir tagaighthe a</span>
<lb n="157"/><span>bhail ó'n sráid, agus tu ad aonar leis!”</span></p>
<lb n="158"/>
<lb n="159"/><p><span>“Ní raibh puinn le deunamh agam,” ar</span>
<lb n="160"/><span>seisean, agus thug sé strac-fheuchaint eile ar</span>
<lb n="161"/><span>an bhfear ndubh.  Níor chuir an fear dubh aon</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>tsuim ann, agus annsain do thuig Seadhna ná</span>
<lb n="163"/><span>feacaidh an chomharsa é.</span></p>
<lb n="164"/>
<lb n="165"/><p><span>Chuadar isteach.  Bhí an chathaoir annsúd</span>
<lb n="166"/><span>i n-aice an tínteáin agus gan cor curtha dhi</span>
<lb n="167"/><span>ó fhág Seadhna í ar maidin.  Bhí an mheal-</span>
<lb n="168"/><span>bhóg annsúd ar crochadh, ar an ndul gcéadna</span>
<lb n="169"/><span>ar a bhfeacaidh sé ar maidin í, 'nuair bhain</span>
<lb n="170"/><span>sé an dorm déidheanach mine aisti.  D'fheuch</span>
<lb n="171"/><span>an fear dubh ortha, ar an gcathaoir agus ar an</span>
<lb n="172"/><span>mealbhóig.  Annsain d'fheuch sé ar Sheadhna.</span></p>
<lb n="173"/>
<lb n="174"/><p><span>“Aistirigh í sin,” ar seisean.</span></p>
<lb n="175"/>
<lb n="176"/><p><span>Chuaidh Seadhna anonn agus chuir sé a lámh ar</span>
<lb n="177"/><span>dhrom na cathaoireach.</span></p>
<lb n="178"/>
<lb n="179"/><p><span>“Ó!” ar seisean. “Tá sí ceangailte!”</span></p>
<lb n="180"/>
<lb n="181"/><p><span>“Chuir sé an dá láimh uirthi.  Theip air</span>
<lb n="182"/><span>filleadh ná feacadh a bhaint aisti.</span></p>
<lb n="183"/>
<lb n="184"/><p><span>“Aililliú!” ar seisean.  “Tá sí chomh</span>
<lb n="185"/><span>daingean agus tá an chos insa' tuairgín!”</span></p>
<lb n="186"/>
<lb n="187"/><p><span>“Aistirigh an mhealbhóg,! ars' an fear</span>
<lb n="188"/><span>dubh.</span></p>
<lb n="189"/>
<lb n="190"/><p><span>Chuaidh sé suas agus bhuail sé lámh ar an</span>
<lb n="191"/><span>mealbhóig.  Bhí sí chomh ceangailte de thaobh</span>
<lb n="192"/><span>an falla agus eidheadh an chloch ar an lic oidhir.</span></p>
<lb n="193"/>
<lb n="194"/><p><span>Do stad Seadhna agus chrom sé a cheann.</span></p>
<lb n="195"/>
<lb n="196"/><p><span>“'Seadh,” ar seisean.  “Táim réidh anois</span>
<lb n="197"/><span>munab ionann a's riamh.  Ní fheadar an</span>
<lb n="198"/><span>tsaoghal ná an domhan le chéile cad tá le</span>
<lb n="199"/><span>deunamh agam.  Ní fheadar ó Chúig Árdaibh</span>
<lb n="200"/><span>na Naoi bhFionn cad do dheanfad.  Dá</span>
<lb n="201"/><span>fheabhas aireachas a dheunfad uirthi, tiucfaidh</span>
<lb n="202"/><span>duine éigin dem' lom deirig aimhdheona, agus</span>
<lb n="203"/><span>suidhfidh sé innti, agus beidh an dútháigh 'n-a</span>
<lb n="204"/><span>cogadh dhearg im'thímcheall!  Mairbheochar</span>
<lb n="205"/><span>ar lic mo thinteáin féin mé gan truagh gan</span>
<lb n="206"/><span>taise! — B'fhéidir, a dhuine uasail, go</span>
<lb n="207"/><span>bhféadfá-sa an easgaine bhaint díobh?”</span></p>
<lb n="208"/>
<lb n="209"/><p><span>(leanfar de seo.)</span></p>
<lb n="210"/>
<lb n="211"/><p><span>NOTES.</span></p>
<lb n="212"/>
<lb n="213"/><p><span>1  Dé bheatha-sa, also Dé do bheatha, Dé ad' bheatha,</span>
<lb n="214"/><span>"you are welcome;" Dé 'n-a bheatha, "he is welcome;"</span>
<lb n="215"/><span>De 'n-a beatha, "she is welcome;" nára' Dé do bheatha,</span>
<lb n="216"/><span>"never welcome you;" nára Dé 'n-a beatha, "never wel-</span>
<lb n="217"/><span>come her;" Dé 'n-a mbeatha, "they are welcome;" De</span>
<lb n="218"/><span>bheatha grásda Dé.  The full meaning is, "may all the</span>
<lb n="219"/><span>good results of this kind visit of yours go into your life."</span>
<lb n="220"/><span>Literally, "may there be in your life off it!" Dé, off it,</span>
<lb n="221"/><span>ad bheatha, in your life.  [This may be a correct interpre-</span>
<lb n="222"/><span>tation of this formula, so grammatically obscure.   What</span>
<lb n="223"/><span>goes to strengthen it is, that the usual way of expressing</span>
<lb n="224"/><span>"result, consequence," in older Irish is by means of de</span>
<lb n="225"/><span>with the verb bheith.</span></p>
<lb n="226"/>
<lb n="227"/><p><span>Is truagh a ní nartá de</span>
<lb n="228"/><span>'N-ar ndaltánaibh Sgáthaighe.</span></p>
<lb n="229"/>
<lb n="230"/><p><span>Comhrac Fir Dhiadh.</span></p>
<lb n="231"/>
<lb n="232"/><p><span>Fil ar an nemdénam de</span>
<lb n="233"/><span>Maíle méithe mochléithe.</span></p>
<lb n="234"/>
<lb n="235"/><p><span>Modern, "tá ar a neimh-dhéanamh de maoile, méithe</span>
<lb n="236"/><span>moch-léithe," the punishment threatened for the Leinster</span>
<lb n="237"/><span>kings, who neglected to hold the great triennial games at</span>
<lb n="238"/><span>Wexford.  Atá de, fil de, occur in hundreds of passages</span>
<lb n="239"/><span>in Mid. Irish, expressing consequence.  Hence, nára</span>
<lb n="240"/><span>dé ad bheatha might mean ná raibh ad' bheatha de, "may</span>
<lb n="241"/><span>your fife have no (good) result from it!" agus c.</span></p>
<lb n="242"/>
<lb n="243"/><p><span>On the other hand, the salutation, Dia do bheatha! a</span>
<lb n="244"/><span>Mhuire, is used to translate "Ave Maria," not only in</span>
<lb n="245"/><span>recent publications, but in the words of such masters of</span>
<lb n="246"/><span>Irish as Gernon (author of Parrthas an Anma), Aodh</span>
<lb n="247"/><span>Buidhe Mac Cuirtin and Donlevy.  In Connaught, the</span>
<lb n="248"/><span>salutation, both in the prayer and in ordinary speech is</span>
<lb n="249"/><span>'Sé do bheatha, 'sé bhur mbeatha, agus c., showing that</span>
<lb n="250"/><span>whether the word Dia, Dé, is corrupted into sé or is</span>
<lb n="251"/><span>avoided through reverence, at all events the popular in-</span>
<lb n="252"/><span>stinct of the meaning is clearly different from what Father</span>
<lb n="253"/><span>O'Leary understands by it.  Morevoer, in Connaught</span>
<lb n="254"/><span>Irish and in older written Irish, so far as I have observed,</span>
<lb n="255"/><span>the vowel in de, "off it," is short.  In Connaught, de,</span>
<lb n="256"/><span>de, are short, and dó, "to him," is long.  In Munster</span>
<lb n="257"/><span>generally dé, dí, long, do, short.]</span></p>
<lb n="258"/>
<lb n="259"/><p><span>2  Ní deirim ná go bhfuil, I don't say but there is, I </span>
<lb n="260"/><span>think there is.</span></p>
<lb n="261"/>
<lb n="262"/><p><span>3  Note the article instead of the pronoun mo.</span>
<lb n="263"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="167"/>
<div><lb n="264"/><p><span>4  Nouns can be used adverbially to express direction,</span>
<lb n="265"/><span>distance, time, agus c.  Car ghabhais chugainn?  An bóthar</span>
<lb n="266"/><span>anoir.  "In what direction have you come to us?  The</span>
<lb n="267"/><span>road from the east."  No preposition is understood in the</span>
<lb n="268"/><span>Irish.  [Tá sé míle uainn, he is a mile form us; bhí sé i</span>
<lb n="269"/><span>gCorcaigh lá, he was in Cork one day; tháining sé Dia</span>
<lb n="270"/><span>Luain, he came on Monday.]</span></p>
<lb n="271"/>
<lb n="272"/><p><span>5  Ní gearánta dhuit, "it is not to be complained of for</span>
<lb n="273"/><span>you," "you have not done badly."  [This form, the par-</span>
<lb n="274"/><span>ticiple of necessity, survives to some extent in Munster:</span>
<lb n="275"/><span>ní tógtha orm, "it is not to be raised on me,"  "I am not</span>
<lb n="276"/><span>to blame."  See beithte, vocab., Three Shafts.]</span></p>
<lb n="277"/>
<lb n="278"/><p><span>6  Ar foghnamh, "well," "doing well," differs slightly</span>
<lb n="279"/><span>from go maith, and implies progress towards good.</span></p>
<lb n="280"/>
<lb n="281"/><p><span>7  Driuch "shape, aspect" [evidently a form of dreach].</span></p>
<lb n="282"/>
<lb n="283"/><p><span>8  Feibh, "just as" [a very ancient word in this sense].</span></p>
<lb n="284"/>
<lb n="285"/><p><span>9  Strac-fheuchaint, "a drag-look," in which the eyes</span>
<lb n="286"/><span>are strained sideways.</span></p>
<lb n="287"/>
<lb n="288"/><p><span>10  Tuairgín, a kind of mallet made of a round block of</span>
<lb n="289"/><span>wood, one end being thinned off to form the handle (cos),</span>
<lb n="290"/><span>which accordingly cannot be pulled out or loosened.</span></p>
<lb n="291"/>
<lb n="292"/><p><span>11 Táim réidh, "it is all over with me."  Munab</span>
<lb n="293"/><span>ionann a's riamh, "if not the same as ever before."  "I</span>
<lb n="294"/><span>may have escaped before, but now there is no escape."</span>
<lb n="295"/><span>Munab ionann a's, a common locution.  Eiteochar</span>
<lb n="296"/><span>mise, munab ionann a's fear na caoradh beirbhthe,</span>
<lb n="297"/><span>"I shall be refused, - a thing that will not happen to</span>
<lb n="298"/><span>the man with the boiled mutton."</span></p>
<lb n="299"/>
<lb n="300"/><p><span>12  Perhaps the heights of Heaven and the nine choirs of</span>
<lb n="301"/><span>angels are meant.</span></p>
<lb n="302"/>
<lb n="303"/><p><span>Peadar Ua Laoghaire.</span></p>
<lb n="304"/>
<lb n="305"/><p>
<lb n="306"/></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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Seadhna. (ar leanamhain.)

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