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<title type="main">Amhrán Ultach.</title><author><persName>Féach bailitheoir</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Mac Néill, Eoin</name></editor><respStmt>
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		 <note type="L">92</note>
		 <note type="B">1896</note>
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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>D.Fómhair, 1896</date><idno>IG07-10293</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>AMHRÁN ULTACH</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>Is truagh nach bhfuil mé 's an plannta leinbh</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>Taobh thiar d'inis chúil Árann,</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>I mbeul na beinne, le taobh na tuinne,</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>Sinn a' dréim le loingeas ar sáile;</span></p>
</div>
<pb n="93"/>
<div><lb n="6"/><p><span>Ar méid ar gcumainn, 's gan aon ruainne</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>thorainn</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>Acht geugán duilleabhair d'ár sábháil,</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>Gurab é déaradh gach duine gur lagach ar</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>n-imtheacht</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>Mar d'euluigh Diarmuid is Gráinne.</span></p>
<lb n="12"/>
<lb n="13"/><p><span>Bhí an plannta geanamhail 'san áit i bhfuil</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>mé</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>'S is buan thug mise spéis di;</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>Grádh go dtug mé do bhláth na gile,</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>Go bráth nach dtig liom a réidhteach.</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>Is é fáth mo thuirse nach bhfaghaim cead fuirigh</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>'San áit i gcluinfinn a sgeula</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>'S go mb' fhearr liom tamall de'n lá 'na</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>coinne</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>'Ná ar fhás de chruithneacht i n-Éirinn.</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>'S a Mháire, a bhruinneal!  Bhí lá is ní chuirfeá</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Mo cháin o Dhoire go hÉirne;</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>Is í stáid bheidheadh orainn, bróga árda is</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>buiclidhe,</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>Ní áirmhim culaidh mhaith eudaigh.</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>Sháruigh sin orm, agus gráin gach duine liom,</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Mná na cruinne go dtréigfinn;</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>Is truagh nach bhfuil mé 'san teampull cuirthe,</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>'S mo cháirde a' filleadh, 's iad buadhartha.</span></p>
<lb n="33"/>
<lb n="34"/><p><span>Bhi a píob 's a brollach ar lí na heala,</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Nár smaoin riamh mailís a dheunamh,</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>A dá chích gheala bhí ina brollach</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Mar bheidheadh siúd sneachta na haon-oidh'e.</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>Tháinig an chaoin-bhean go colbha mo leabtha,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Chuaidh sí a' dearcadh in mo léinidh;</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Char bh' aoibhinn m'aigneadh acht í bheith i ngar</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>domh,</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>Dá mbínn 'na haice mar chéile.</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>Atá geug na finne ar thaobh an tsonais</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>'San taobh i bhfuil sí de Gháigin.</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Tá méid mar dhuine innti, sgéimh is sonas,</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>'na dhéidh sin, miotail is áilne.</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>Tá deud is deise aici, méin is maise,</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>'S gurab í chuir maise ar na mná' uilig;</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>Nár bh' fhearr do'n fhilidh a bheith a' fuireach</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Le n-a sgéimh a bhronnadh ar Máire?</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>NOTES</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>Conall MagFhionnlaoigh do chuir síos an t-amhrán.</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>ag dréim, advancing, lit. climbing; root of dréimire,</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>ladder.</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>lagach? The assurance, if strictly observed, would</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>require the sound of é in the accented syllable.  Perhaps</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>we might read laochda, courageous.</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>Sháruigh sin orm, that outdid me, I was disappointed</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>in that.</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>Buadhartha, pronounced bwaerha.</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>lí = dath, colour.</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>Tháinig an chaoin-bhean, a dream is described here.</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>Ar thaobh an tsonais, this appears to be corrupted, as</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>both taobh and sonas occur soon after.  If correct, as</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>must mean “on the prosperous side” (i.e., on the Mountain,</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>Gáigean).</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>Méid mar dhuine = mórdháil, or mór-dhaonnacht.</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>Miotail, mettle, spirit.</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>Chuir maise ar na mnáibh also seems to be corrupted.</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>The meaning should be “excelled all women,” or “made</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>all women envious.”  Maise occurs in the previous line.</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>Possibly the words mean that “she has set the standard</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>of beauty for all women.”  Then, “would it not be better</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>for the poet to tarry, to bestow their beauty on Mary?”</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>i.e., to recount all the beauties of womankind, and ascribe</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>them all to Mary, (?).  Perhaps some Donegal reader can </span>
<lb n="79"/><span>supply a better version.</span></p>
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