Scéalta Chois Cladaigh

Sa Tír Thiar bhí sé sin

In the west of the country, this was

ar an Tír Thiar, fad ó shin

in the West, a long time ago

Mhoithigh mé mó mháthair dá insean go minic

I heard my mother often say

Bhí famailí mór insa teach

There was a big family in the house

d'imigh chean acu amach

one of them went out

ar chaoí éicint, agus ..

in some way, and...

bhí sé imithe, ach

he was gone, but

tháinig sé agus ní raibh sé i gceart

he came and he wasn't right

mar duine eile, mar a chuid eile

like someone else, like the rest of them

Bhíodh sé ag scríobadh

he used to be scratching..

's ag tarringt na gruaige de na páistí eile

and pulling the hair of the other kids

agus ag ghoil thart

and going around

ag ralampaeraíocht

ar fud an tí

all over the house

gan bun ná barr lena ghnoithe

without any sense to his business