An Bréag is mó sa Domhan

'an bhfuil tú ceart

"are you right"

Bhail, in san sean-aimsir, bhí fear agus...Gearóideach...ní raibh aon clann aige ach aon Gearóideach ach amháin. Bhí go leor leor talún aige.

Well, in the old-times, there was a man - a Gerald - and he didn't have any family except just one Gerald only. He had a lot of land.

caithfear sé go raibh

It must be that it was.

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.

an mhaidin amháin dúirt sé leis an gearrbhodach

One morning he said to the young lad.

Éirigh suas adeir sé agus cuir gléas ar an seanláirín

Get up he says and put a harness on the old mare.

tá céachta ansin amuigh... céachta adhmaid ansin amuigh.

there's a plough out there... a wooden plough out there.

agus téirí amach

and go out

téirí isteach insa ngarraí beag

go into the small garden

agus bíodh chuile

and have every

fód a deir sé tiontaí agat

sod, he said, turned

triofaí agat sula dtéir an ghriain sa talamh.

[harrowed?] before the sun goes down.

amach leis

out with him

agus bhí sé ag dul síos agus suas síos agus suas agus bhí sé ag treabhadh

and he was going down and up down and up and he was plowing.

agus go díreach mar bhí an ghrian ag dul insa talamh

and just as the sun was setting