Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Storm at Sea... reportedly an old Irish poem

The vernacular literature of ancient Ireland is the most primitive and original among the literatures of Western Europe.

Anbthine mór ar muig Lir,
Dána tar a hardimlib;
at-racht gáeth, ran goPoin gaim garg
co tét tar muir mórgelgarb;
dos-árraid ga garggemrid.

O do-chuir in gáeth an-air
menma tuinne tarcabair;
dúthracair dul tarainn síar
cosin fót fris fuinnen graín
cosin glasmuir ngarglethain.

jpr: looking form an English translation

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