Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide
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Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide, otherwise A Child Born in Prison is a poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
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Translation
Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh was an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland.-Biography:Gofraidh Fionn was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. He is known for his poem, Filidh Éireann go haointeach, which commemorates An Nollaig na Garma...
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The Text (extract)
The following are the first three verses of the poem, followed by an English translation.
Bean torrach, fa tuar broide,
do bhí i bpríosún pheannaide,
berar dho chead Dé na ndúl,
lé leanabh beag sa bhríosún.
Ar n-a bhreith do bhí an macámh
ag fás mar gach bhfochlocán,
dá fhiadhnaibh mar budh each dhún,
seal do bhliadhnaibh sa bhríosun.
An inghean d’fhagháil bhroise —
meanma an leinbh níor lughaide,
sí dhá réir gé dho bhaoi i mbroid,
mar mhnaoi gan phéin gan pheannaid
Translation
A pregnant woman (sorrow’s sign)
once there was, in painful prison.
The God of Elements let her bear
in prison there a little child.
The little boy, when he was born,
grew up like any other child
(plain as we could see him there)
for a space of years, in prison.
That the woman was a prisoner
did not lower the baby’s spirits.
She minded him, though in prison,
like one without punishment or pain.
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