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Bhíodh sé te teascaill ansin sa bhféar agus anáil an asail agus na bó ag tíocht aníos thríd an bhféar, thríd an lot'.
"It was warm and cozy there in the grass with the breath of the donkey and the cows coming up through the grass, through the loft."
Is é an áit a gcodlaíodh Pílí Cat chuile oíche thíos ar an lota sa bhféar os cionn na bó agus an asail a bhí ceagailte in íochtar an tí.
The place where Pílí Cat slept every night was down on the blanket in the grass above the cows and the donkey that were tied at the bottom of the house.
Agus bhíodh Seán ag faire síos ar íochtar an tí agus d'fheiceadh sé scáile Phílí Cat thíos ar an mbinn; bhí sé ag tíocht idir solas na tineadh agus an bhinn.
And Seán would look down at the bottom of the house and he would see the shadow of Pílí Cat down on the hearth; he was coming between the light of the fire and the hearth.
Chuile áit dá dtéadh Seán, síos aníos an pháirc, thart ar an teach, siar sa ngarraí agus nuair a théadh sé ar a chuairt i dteach ar bith ar an mbaile, leanadh Pílí Cat é agus d'fhanadh sé taobh amuigh ar an bhfuinneog ag faire isteach a fhad is bheadh Seán ar a chuairt agus nuair a bheadh Seán ag tíocht abhaile dhá chuairt shiúladh Pílí Cat cois ar chois leis.
Everywhere Seán went, up and down the field, around the house, west in the garden, and when he would visit any house in the town, Pílí the Cat would follow him and would stay outside by the window watching in as long as Seán was on his visit, and when Seán would be coming home from his visit, Pílí Cat would walk step by step with him.
agus nuair a ghabh sé go doras eile
and when he went to the other door
fuaigh sé suas ag a' tine
he went up to the fire
agus nuair a thainic sé ag a' doras
and when he arrived at the door
agus sheas an caora ag bun an doras
and the sheep stood at the bottom of the door
nuair a tháinic an tarbh ag a' doras
when the bull arrived at the door
's nuair a tháinic sé coirnéal a' bhóthair
and when he came to the corner of the road
bhí mé ann, ar laethanta saoire
I was there on holidays
ar chúl na tine
the back of the fire
Tá an Rí curtha, soir ag an mballa sin, soir
The king is buried over to the east, at that wall there
sna áit ina bhfuil na clocha geala
in the the place where there are the bright stones
Níl an cuimhniú dhomsa, ar an chéad doine a curthú ann
I don't recall the first person to be buried here