July 2011
25 posts
“The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint.” —Marianna Moore, ‘Silence’
not in silence, but restraint.” —Marianna Moore, ‘Silence’
“Hysterica passio, down, thou climbing sorrow,
O me, my heart, my rising heart! But down!” —King Lear, II.i.v., 56, 119
O me, my heart, my rising heart! But down!” —King Lear, II.i.v., 56, 119
Lake Isle of Innisfree as Gaeilge
Oileán Locha Inis Fraoiġ
Éireod agus siúlfad anois, agus raċad go hInis Fraoiġ,
Agus boṫán beag tógfad ann, de ċré is de ċleiṫeanna déanta:
Naoi sraith pónairí beiḋ agam ann, coirceog don ḃeaċ ṁeala
Is mé im ċónaí i m’aonar i bplásóg ḃeaċ-ċrónánaċ.
Agus beiḋ síoċáin agam ann, óir tagann síoċáin ag titim go mall,
Ag titim ó líontáin na maidine go dtí ceol na gcriogar istoíḋċe;
Um ṁeánoíḋċe bíonn réaltain ag driṫliú, corcarṡolas i lár an lae,
An tráṫnóna beo le sciaṫáin an ġealḃain linne.
Éireod agus siúlfad anois, i gcónaí de lá is d’oíḋċe
Cloisim uisce loċa ag laparnaíl le monaḃar íseal cois cladaiġ;
Nuair a ṡeasaim ar an ród nó ar an gcosán liaṫ,
Cloisim an glór go doṁain istiġ sa ċroí.
(Paddy Finnegan a d’aistriġ)
Blog: The Bard, the Misty Island, and the Gàidhlig →
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I couldn’t miss out on this, with me being one of Somhairle MacGill-Eain’s biggest fans. The conference Ainmeil Thar Cheudan (translated as “famous through the centuries”), organised by the Gaelic college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the University of the West of Scotland, was a centenary celebration of the bard’s birth in 1911, fittingly set against the backdrop of Eilean a’ Cheò, an t-Eilean Sgitheanach (the Isle of Skye). The centenary comes at an apt time in the world of Gàidhlig and Gaelic studies, as this seems…
“The life in us is like water in the river. It may rise this year higher than man has ever known it, and flood the parched uplands; even this may be the eventful year…”
—Henry David Thoreau
