]> Fóiridh mo leisge, a Leath Chuinn An electronic edition Tadhg Mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Margaret Lantry University College Cork Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project. Second draft. 1340 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork.
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 By Tadhg Mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha (1570-1652), an Irish bardic poet. c.1575–1652 The text is in Classical Modern Irish. bardic poetry 17c 2012-06-22 Beatrix Färber ed. Header modified; new wordcount made; new SGML and HTML files created. 2010-11-11 Beatrix Färber ed. New wordcount made. 2008-10-15 Beatrix Färber ed. Header updated; keywords added; file validated. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T16:10:06+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 1997-08-25 Margaret Lantry ed. Text parsed using NSGMLS. 1997-05-27 Margaret Lantry ed. Header constructed, structural mark-up entered and checked. Lineation checked and verified. 1995-96 School of Celtic Studies (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) ed. Text captured by scanning and proofed. Fóiridh mo leisge, a Leath Chuinn

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 Fóiridh mo leisge, a Leath Chuinn, ní haimhleisge gan fhochuinn; an leisge labharthar linn leisge ón hanathlamh mh'intinn. Tugabhair adhbhar aoire dúinn—is damhna éagcaoine; leasg linn gan deighfhéagsain duibh neimhéasgaidh inn fa aoruibh. Do creachadh gion gur chead ribh sinn re dreim dá bhar ndaoinibh; glacadh mo chruidh munar chead bacadh ní fhuil ar mh'aiseag. Leasg liom uaisle Gaoidheal nglan d'imdheargadh uaim nó d'aoradh; 's is leasg maitheamh mo mhasla nó go n-aithear m'adhbhar-sa. Do-bhéar an chairde as dual damh; do-rinne mé bhar moladh; ag so an breacadh san bhagar bhar bhfeacadh má fuaradar. Troisgfead oruibh as a haithle mar tá ag éigsibh ordaighthe; do-ghéan trá romhoille ruibh mar tá oruinn-ne d'fhiachaibh. Tar ceann mo leisge, a Leath Chuinn, fa dheoidh dá ndeachadh thoruinn gid bé neamhfhaomhadh do-near bhar ndeaghaoradh a dheireadh. Dá sgaoiltí aonrann don aoir fa chách—ní cluiche díomhaoin— ní bhiadh neart anacail air; radhacair teacht óm theangaidh. An gcéin mhéaras Gaoidhealg ghlic mar ghlóir i n-Éirinn orrdhreic biaidh a gcanfuim-ne ar chuimhne; ní hanchuimhne m'fhorfhuighle. Mar sgaoilid crithre a ceardcha dh'iarann d'éis a dheighdheargtha sgeinnfid drithle uaim dom aoir nach sirthe uaidh bhar n-athmhaoin. Ní bháidhfeadh Búill mhear ná Muaidh ná Éirne an oirir ionfhuair neimh ar saighnéin as sia goimh go ria daighfhréimh nDálaigh. Ní chuirfe fuarshruth Finne ná linnte im Loch nAilinne ar ndrithleanna druim tar ais, ná flichbheanna fhuinn Iorrais. Deargfaid gruaidhe gille mbras im Shliabh Badhna is im Bhearnas re a n-aigmhéile mun mBaoill mbuig im thaobh Braidshléibhe, im Bhuanaid. Sgeinnfid uaim aoibhle nimhe don tsoighnéan trom theintrighe le ndreachlas gruadh gach ghille do shluagh neamhchas Neimhthinne. Béad gruaidhe nach teo teine, béad óm briathraibh frithire, drúchtbhraoin ris gach ndreich d'Íbh Cuinn is don Bhúrccraoibh fan gcreich chanaim. Biaidh ó gach dhruing thoir is thiar do shíol Chuinn, do chloinn Uilliam óm cháir dá gcongbhaighthear mé tromaithbhear cháigh dá chéile. Biaidh "mairg do-chonnairc a chrodh" dá rádh—ní rádh gan adhbhar; i ndiaidh a gcaithréime ar chách biaidh a n-aithmhéile i n- antráth. Biaidh mallughad mór a nimh ag cloinn Aoidh ar a n-aithribh tre choimhtheas ngruadh ngnéadhonn thoillfeas uam a n-aibéaram. Más d'iarraidh clú do chuirsead an chuairt nach cuairt turuisbheag is 'n-a mhionchlú mharfas sin ar fhionnchrú ghlanchas Ghaoidhil. Ní fás ríghe ná ratha ná buadh trod ná tréanchatha bhias don tí ar a n-iméar m'aoir; a ndingéan dí ní díomhaoin. Biaidh an chóir ag congnamh leam; biaidh congnamh ardnaomh Éireann ar shluagh bhonnghlan chaomh Ó gCuinn mar aon is congnamh Coluim. Aigeoraidh tre bhar n-ainiocht Colam i n-a choraighiocht na sluaigh-se ar a dteagmhuinn teann eadruinn is uaisle Éireann. Ní heagla nach géabhadh greim —biaidh 'n-a eisiomláir d'Éirinn— tre m'aoir a fholaidheacht sin coraigheacht an naoimh neimhnigh. Sul thí an dál-so mar deirim daoibh, a Leath Chuinn, cuimhnighim; bean far dtoirmisg-ne far dtoil; dar dtroimleisge féin féachaidh. Cuiridh fos dá bhfagham cead do chor airde ar ar n-aiseag orm a dtuaidh, a chaoimhLeath Chuinn; ní daoirbhreath uaim a n-abruim. An t-oireacht rer chead mo chrodh aca agus ibh-se d'aoradh faghthar ón oireacht díol damh; fíor nach doibheart a dhéanamh. Mo chúis im cheann mo leisge —anois tráth ar dtoirmeisg-ne— ní cneasda nach cuimhnidh sibh; fuilngidh feasda nó fóiridh. Fóirid.