Na Cruaigh Sí

le gaoth

with wind

agus le stoirm

and with a storm

agus le lom sciortaí na gcaireo

and with the bare skirts of the sheep.

rinne siad an tsráid

they made the street

nach bhfuair siad í

that they did not get her.

ní fhaca siad é bán laistigh

they didn't see it white inside.

bhí chuile dhuine ina chodladh

everyone was asleep.

anois an rud fear acu

now the thing of a man of them

ó tá a fhios agam 'a dúirt an fear fadó

"Oh, I know," said the man long ago.

tá faitíos ar bhuail muide moltaí go béarla ar deireadh ar an meathlú

There is fear that we finally hit suggestions in English about the decline.

ach ina dhiaidh sin tá an gcróchar

but after that there is the pitcher.

ach is minic ariamh uaithi mé

but I am often away from her.

an fear santach a bhí ag caint

the greedy man who was talking.