I am looking for the Gaelic translation of these two phrases:
(1) Dream without fear, love without limits
(2) Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today

I understand that some things don't directly translate over, so if you could help me find the phrases that make the most sense it would be greatly appreciated

Thank you!

Welcome to ILF! I am going to get the ball rolling for the first one, but trust me, much better-equipped beings will come along later!

Samhlaigh gan faitíos, gráigh gan chuimse (Imagine without fear, love without limits)

Question for the more learned - would it have to be 'gan faitíos a bheith ort'? That would make it all very awkward, but it may not work without it.

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Hi,

It's quite hard to keep the symmetry of the original. Here are my attempts for (1):

Bíodh briongóidí gan eagla is grá gan teorainn agat. (Have dreams without fear and [have] love without limits.)

or with less symmetry:

Déan brionglóidí gan eagla agus bíodh grá gan teorainn agat. (Lit: Make dreams without fear and have love without limits)

Hang around though, I'm sure there'll be more suggestions.

I like Saoirse's use of "samhlaigh", not sure about "gráigh" though...

An Braonach

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

Me neither! I have never used it before, but believe it exists. I was looking for that bit of symmetry you mentioned!

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I was thinking the same thing.

Samhlaigh is literally "imagine" but here "dream" is not dreaming in your sleep so much as imagining how you'd like the future to turn out.

Gan faitíos and gan eagla are both "without fear", but faitíos is probably more a Conamara dialect word.

The verb gráigh isn't normally used as a verb, though I don't think it is impossible in this context.

"Love", "dream" and "live" all tend to be phrasal verbs in Irish.

For (1) (again), perhaps:

Déan aislingí gan eagla, tabhair grá gan teorainn.

Await confirmation or correction ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Just noting the typo - missing L - which is correct in the following sentence.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.