Hello,

I've been having extreme difficulty in finding the Irish translation for the phrase: "All men must die.", in the context that all people are mortal. I would really love add this phrase in Irish on a tattoo I plan to get soon, as Irish is an important part of my heritage, and is such a beautiful language. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

It's not literal, but how about 'Faigheann gach duine bás'? Quite simply, 'everyone dies'. If nothing else, it bumps your thread!

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Níor bhlais an bia nach mblaisfidh an bás. 'There is no one who has eaten food who death will not eat', is given in Ó Dónaill's dictionary with the same meaning. Maybe someone can offer a better translation.

Yon dictionary gives "All men are mortal" as a good translation of this proverb

Christopher, the verb 'blais' = 'taste' rather than 'eat' (though sometimes it can be translated as 'eat', of course). '...nach mblaisfidh an bás' = 'who will not taste death', not 'who death will not taste' . Literally (in proverb-style English): 'He didn't taste food who will not taste death' - 'He' being understood.

Various ways to translate this, including the very literal Caithfidh gach duine bás a fháil.
My own favourite version (because I love that copula bugger in spite of itself) is from the dictionary, so presumably it's by some famous writer: Is dual dúinn uile an bás - 'We all must die/Death comes to us all' (literally, 'Death is natural for us all').

[quote="TheBee98"]Hello,

I've been having extreme difficulty in finding the Irish translation for the phrase: "All men must die.", in the context that all people are mortal. I would really love add this phrase in Irish on a tattoo I plan to get soon, as Irish is an important part of my heritage, and is such a beautiful language. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Beireann an bás ar chách
Death catches [up with ] everyone

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