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Nia ar bárcaibh,
cais gach taidhg
[Carney, James:
Poems on the O’Reillys, Dublin, 1950, poem 18]
1 Nia ar
bárcaibh, cais gach taidhg,
mo chor do chailg
in mo chliú;
m’amor fein
do-chuaidh tar chéill
do luirg tnútha
nár ér dúil.
2 ]aorach morchan
dáiltear leam
óm dhearcaibh,
teann ro-m-measg,
is dot shearc-sa,
a shaoir sheing,
tuigthear leat
gan mheing an meas.
3 Gusin Teangaidh
mBiothnuaidh soirbh
beir, a bhille,
mh’oirbh go dian:
ós é sgaoileas
maoin don sgoil
ar gach aon go
roibh a nia.