Turas Siar 293 - Michael Ó Murchú (R.I.P.) as an gCartúr ag insin scéal faoi PhílíChat agus faoi ChaolChat na Luathadh.

Bhfuil a fhios agat céard a dhéanfas tú anois, adeir sé?

Do you know what you will do now, he says?

Leatsa anois, adeir sé.

Yours now, he says.

Mo phlar álainn, adeir sé, agus cuir aniar faoi do mhuicheall anocht é.

My beautiful blanket, he says, and put it around your shoulders tonight..

Sa leaba nó ós do Cholm.

In bed or with your Colm..

"Agus nuair a ghabhfas tú do chodladh," ar seisean, "nuair a bheas tú ag scaitheamh i do chodladh sin."

"And when you go to sleep," said he, "when you are resting in that sleep of yours."

Tabhair leat an daige, adeir sé.

Bring the dog with you, he says.

Scríofa Daigean

Written by Daigean.

D'imigh tú scaitheamh dán ach nach dtiteann do chodladh seisean.

You went away for a while, poem, but he does not fall asleep..

Lig ort féin, adeir sé, go mbeidh tú in do chodladh agus tá sí adeir sé srangadh, adeir sé.

Pretend, he says, that you will be asleep and she is, he says, strangling, he says...

Ligean ort féin go bhfuil tú i do chodladh.

Pretend that you are asleep.

Nuair a bheas tú scaitheamh ina chodladh ansin, adeir sé.

When you have been asleep for a while then, he says...

Faoin caolchat na luath iontach a dhéanamh.

Under the slender stone, to do the early wonderful thing..

Bhí go maith agus ní raibh go dona.

It was good and it wasn't bad.

Isteach sa leaba.

Into the bed..

D'inis sé do Mháire agus chuir sé an muflar aniar faoina uaithi murainne.

He told Máire and he took the muffler from behind and put it around her for us.