Sean Mac an Bheatha

A Mhártain, anois i dtosach, cérbh é Madhc Lúc Pháidín?

Martin, before we begin, who was Madhc Lúc Pháidín

Beidh leabhar nua le seoladh ar [a bhoithrí ???] san oíche 'máireach, leabhar filíochta Madhc Lúc Pháidín, agus an fear a chuir an leabhar le chéile, Mártan Ó hAllmhuráin, tá sé liom ar an bhfón ar maidin, cén chaoi a bhfuil tú a Mhártain?

A new book is to be released on [the roads ??] tomorrow night, a book of the poetry of Madhc Lúc Pháidín, and the man who put the book together, Martan Ó hAllmhuráin, he's with me on the phone this morning, how are you Martan?

eh...

eh...

Tá mé go breá... go breá go raibh míle maith 'ad.

I am well... well, thank you very much.

coinlín aige bainte agat

stalk of it harvested,

thoisigh an saileog a bhí istigh ins an láirín ag borradh

the willow that was inside the little mare started swelling.

agus ar neart scoile bogtha as capall fhéin

and on the strength of a school moved by his own horse.

agus lean orthú mar sin, ní raibh teach insa mbaile

and they continued like that, was no house in the town.

agus bhuail sé... thug sé aghaidh ar an mbóthar abhaile

and he hit... he faced the road home.

triofaí agat sula dtéir an ghriain sa talamh.

[harrowed?] before the sun goes down.

agus nuair a thit, thit an giorria marbh.

and when it fell, the hare fell dead.

ceangailte agus stocaí sula dtéirí an ghrian insa talamh.

tied and stooked before the sun goes down.

bhí sé fástaí bhí sé sé troithe ar airde

it had grown, it was six feet tall.

ach céard a bheadh ann ach bhris a droim ina dhá leath

but what would it be but her back broke into two halves.

Bhí céad go leith acra in aon pháirc amháin agus an t-ainm a thugadh sé air garraí beag.

There was a hundred and fifty acres in one field, and the name he gave it was small garden.