‘Rí na mBréag’ inste ag Peadar Ó Raghallaigh

maidin amháin fuair m'athair amach agus dhearc sé uaidh

One morning my father went out and looked away.

agus dúirt sé go raibh an coirce in am a bhainte

and he said that the oats were ready to be harvested.

fuair muid amach ansin d'fhéadfainn ag baint choirce

We found out then I could be harvesting oats.

thug mé féin liom corrán agus thug m'athair corrán leis mo bhean eile léi agus mbóthar

I took a sickle with me and my father took a sickle with him, my other wife with her and the road.

bhí m'athair ins an taobh ó dheas

My father was in the south.

is é sí mo mháthair ó thuaidh agus theas í an bhean taobh thoir

She is my mother in the north and south, the woman to the east.

agus ní bheadh sé baintrí ón lá sin go dtí an lá atá inniu ann

and he would not be a widower from that day to this day.

agus chaith mé an corrán misinéaraí

and I threw the missionary sickle.

agus nuair a lean mé go mbainfinn dó an corrán bhí an giorria ag baint barr dhi

and when I followed that I would cut it with the sickle the hare was cutting the top off it.

ar feadh an ama

for the time

agus níor stop sé go ndeachaigh sé go dtí an taobh ó thuaidh d'éirinn

and he didn't stop until he went to the north side of Ireland.

agus bhí báidh choirce baintrí 'ag ar feadh an bhealaigh

and there was a widow's oat sympathy along the way.