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1077. Goirt a-nocht deireadh mo sgeal $
Length: short 3qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 16th early
Areas:
  1. Ulster
Classes:
  1. love poem
Manuscripts:
  1. RIA 6 (23/I/40) c. 1700 ?Co. Offaly
Prints:
  1. text DG no. 53
Motifs:
  1. allusion to Irish mythology
  2. The pains of love
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Maghnus (RIA 6)
Poet Surnames:
  1. O Domhnaill
Meter Vars:
  1. RannMhor
Poem:

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Goirt a-nocht dereadh mo sgéal


[Tomás Ó Rathile: Dánta Grádha no. 53]


Maghnas Ó Domhnaill


1 Goirt anocht dereadh mo sgéal, -

annamh tréan nách dteagthar ris;

is dearbh dá maireadh Dian Céacht

nách leigheósadh créacht mo chnis.


2 Ar mo thuirse ní théid trágh

mar mhuir lán ós ceannaibh port;

a bhfuair mé do dhochar pian

níor chás rium riamh gus a-nocht.


3 Tárla a dheimhin damh, fa-ríor!

gurb annamh fíon bhíos gan moirt;

is géar an fhobhairt é an brón, -

dar liom féin is mó ná goirt.