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Anecdota from Irish MSS.
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Anecdota from Irish MSS.
Author(s)
Meyer, Kuno,
Compiler/Editor
Mac Néill, Eoin
Composition Date
1897
Publisher
Connradh na Gaedhilge
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ANECDOTA FROM IRISH MSS. MS. Laud 615, p. 55 Colum Cille cecinit. Sgíth mo chrob ón sgríbhinn, ní dígainn mo ghlés gérall, sgéithidh mo phenn gulban-caolta digh daolta do dub glé[gorm]. Bruinnidh sruaim n-ecna n-Dé fhinn as mo láim degduinn desmais, doirtidh a digh for duillin do dub in chuilinn chnsglais. Sínidh mo phenn beg braonach tar aonach lebar lígoll, gan sgor fri selba segann, dian sgíth mo chrobh ó sgríbhunn. TRANSLATION. My hand is weary of writing, My sharp, big tool is not steady, My slender-beaked pen juts forth A black draught of shining dark-blue ink. A stream of the wisdom of blessed God springs From my fair-brown shapely hand, On the page it squirts its draught Of ink of the green-skinned holly. My little dripping pen stretches Across the plain of great shining books, Without ceasing for the wealth of the great — Whence my hand is weary of writing. KUNO MEYER. 15th June, 1897.
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