Tusa, mo chara, a sheachain fíorchlaidhreacht
thar gach duine eile;
Gualainn a raibh trom uair amhainn leis ualaí an tsaoil,
is i do scíth a fhaigheann tú anois
éascaíocht na cuinge
de d’fhíorghlaoch,
de ghlóir na beatha síoraí.

Well, this is it. The last one. The very last one. I feel like playing The Doors’ “The End”. I am so grateful, so excited. Yes, I realize other tweaks will/should be made, perhaps…but yeah. The end. Thank you.

“Your story, friend adored,
for epochs still to come
In realms both seen and not,
in eternity will echo;
in each of Lutetia’s sons,
in every daughter of Nois,
whose callings hear and destinies answer

Is do scéal, a chara ionúin,
ar feadh i bhad ina dhiaidh sin
i réigiúin araon feicthe agus nach bhfeictear,
a dhéanfaidh macalla i gcónaí;
i ngach ceann de mhac Lutetia,
i ngach iníon Nois,
a mhothaíonn gairmeacha
agus freagraíonn cinniúna.

Now comes the fun part . . . bhí m'iarracht náireach cinnte.

Not admitting to tearing up. But it did get dusty, and my allergies kicked in once I saw the last translation. I am terribly indebted to all of you who have helped. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for letting me post on this forum. Thank you for helping.

Words can not convey the depth of my gratitude.

Go raibh maith agat.

What do you mean by 'ease' here?



I don't understand this.

Again, Errigal, thank you.

“Ease of the yoke” means that carrying the weight, so to speak, of following your life’s calling is lighter or easier than carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.

The second part is about those few people in life who actually listen to their life’s calling and pick up the phone and answer their destiny.

Does that help?

I had a bit of trouble with this last one, too. As a temporary measure, I translated it literally as it stands.

Rob, I hope you understand that these translations are hardly the final product, maybe 50%. There still are many inaccuracies that it will take time for others (Errigal, Brid, et al) to go through it all and make corrections and suggestions. After that, there is a question of style as well, what we see at the beginning when Breandan reworded Brid's translation into a . . . "poetic"(?) style. It would be nice if someone here could do that or you could be put into contact with a writer or poet who would give suggestions.

I am aware that this is a beginning phase of the translations. I am hopeful that more people will jump on this and make tweaks or corrections or just ask questions.

At this particular point, before any major work could be done, I needed to at least have the first wave of translations in. Although not a finished product, I am still so thankful for all the work that you all have put into this.

Still hopeful for any help/suggestions in the future.