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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Meitheamh, 1905</date><idno>IG14-10997</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>NÍ SAOIRSE GAN COIMHEASCAR.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>Do bhuaidh an t-amhrán so thíos duais ar</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>an bhFeis a bhí i Springfield, Mass., U.S.A.,</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>tamall ó shoin.  Pádraig Ó hÉigearta</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>chuir chughainn é.  Ár mbuidheachus dó.</span></p>
<lb n="6"/>
<lb n="7"/><p><span>Aréir trém chodladh bhí mo chogar i nguais</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>éaga</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>Go faon a hosna 's gan cor as a baill</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>tréith-lag',</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>D'iaidh a rosca go socair 's a mín-bhéal</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>tais</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>Mar bhí dá crochadh i locaibh na nímh-phéiste.</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>Mo chroidhe n-a stalca, 's an t-allas go</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>bog braénach,</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>Fuigheach, ag radadh trém leacain mar</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>mhuing féith-fhliuch;</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Gan díth ar m'acmhuinn do mheasas ar í</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>shaoradh,</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Acht ghreamaigh an nathair an ainnir n-a</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>nímh-dhéada.</span>
<lb n="23"/></p>
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<pb n="811"/>
<div><lb n="24"/><p><span>A Rí na bFlaitheas! do cheannuigh an cineadh</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>daona,</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>Do scaoil ár n-anam ó nascaibh do namhad</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>chlaon-sa;</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>Cad do dhéanfad feasta nó'n fearra dhom</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>luighe léigthe,</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Im smíste meathta, agus scaradh lem</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>chaoin-chéad-searc?</span></p>
<lb n="32"/>
<lb n="33"/><p><span>Do luigheas-sa sealad ar mhealladh na nímh-</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>phéiste;</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Le bréithribh bladair do chanas gach mín-</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>scéal di,</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Acht i n-ionad í mhealladh, do mealladh go</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>breagh réidh me,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Mar ba ghearr go bhfeaca uirthi taithneamh</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>na fíor-scéimhe.</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>Dar liom níor ghile an criostal 'ná a húr-</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>chlaon-rosc</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Is níor bhinne ceól cruite ná gliothar a</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>righin-chaoch-scoig</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Do chrom an lile do luisne a slím-dhaol-</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>chnis</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>Gur chuir osna ón mbruinnil an rith ar an</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>mór-thaom díom.</span></p>
<lb n="50"/>
<lb n="51"/><p><span>Bhí a hór fholt leabhair dhá stathadh 'measc</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>ramhar-chraobhcha,</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>A mín-chneas chailce dhá ghearradh n-a lom-</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>chréachtaibh;</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>A binn-ghuth, scaipfeadh an scamal de</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>chroidhe Ghaedhil-fhir,</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>Le feall dhá thachtadh, is an t-anam go mall</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>taobh leis.</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>Ba léir dom feasta gan seasamh go fann-</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>ghéagach </span>
<lb n="62"/><span>Má b'fhonn liom m'ainnir do scaradh ón</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>dteann-ghéibhionn,</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>Le fogha mear tapaidh do phreabas gan</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>mhoill taóbh léi</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>Is luigheas an bata ar an nathair d'fhág</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>fann tréith í.</span></p>
<lb n="68"/>
<lb n="69"/><p><span>An Ceangal:       </span></p>
<lb n="70"/>
<lb n="71"/><p><span>Comhairle chaoin do thugaim díbh a Ghaedhla</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>ghroidhe</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>Go bhfuil bhur dtír fá nasc na gcoímhightheach</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>anall tar tuínn;</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>Ní bréithre baoise go deó do scaoilfidh an</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>an greim sin díbh,</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>Acht cleasa claidhimh i dtreasaibh coimheasc-</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>air le stuaim is brígh.</span></p>
<lb n="79"/>
<lb n="80"/><p><span>GIOLLA NA COISE CAOILE.</span></p>
<lb n="81"/>
<lb n="82"/><p><span>Gluais.</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>Mo chogar, a term of endearment.  Ní féidir Béarla</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>a chur air.  Is lag a fhéachann "My Darling,"</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>agusrl., taobh leis.</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>I nguais éaga, in danger of death.</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>As a baill tréith-lag, in her limbs, which were weak.</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>D'iaidh a rosca, she closed her eyes.</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>I locaibh na nimh-péiste, in the toils of the poison-</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>serpent.</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>Mo chroidhe n-a stalcadh, my heart grew stiff.</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>Muing féith-fliuch, wet marshy ground.</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>Nimh-dhéada, poisonous teeth.</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>Ó nascaibh, from the bonds of Thy wicked enemies.</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>Nó'n fearra dhom, or is it better for me lie (remain)</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>weak.</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>Smíste meathta, a cowardly churl.</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>Caoin-chéad-searc, gentle first-love.  In chéad-searc,</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>though a compound word, the s in the beginning</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>of the second part is not aspirated.</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>Do luigheas-sa, I began, tried to.</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>Go breagh réidh, finely, softly.</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>Taithneamh na f., the appearance of true beauty.</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>Gliothar, the sound (voice) of her (its) slow, unseen</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>throat.</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>Luisne, the brilliance of her (its) smooth dark skin.</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>Ramhar-chraobhcha, thick branches.</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>De chroidhe Gh., from an Irishman's heart.</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>Is an t-anam, that is, "when the language goes, the</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>soul goes."</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>Fann-ghéagach, weak limbed.</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>Má b'fhonn liom, if I desired, wished.</span>
<lb n="114"/><span>Teann-ghéibhionn, harsh bondage.</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>Fogha, a jump, sudden attempt.</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>Do luigheas an bata ar, I brought down the stick on.</span>
<lb n="117"/><span>Bréithre baoise, idle words.</span>
<lb n="118"/><span>Do scaoilfidh an greim, that will unloose that hold.</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>I dtreasaibh coimheascair, in battle deeds.</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>Stuaim is brigh, prudence and might.</span></p>
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Ní Saoirse gan Coimheascar.

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