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554. Cridhe lan do smuaintighthibh $
Length: short 3qq
Certainty: 4
Period:
  1. 16th early
Areas:
  1. Ulster
Classes:
  1. Love
Manuscripts:
  1. BL Add 40,766 Fermanagh late 17th c.
  2. RIA 6 (23/I/40) c. 1700 Co. Offaly
Prints:
  1. text O’Rahilly, DG no.52
Motifs:
  1. The pains of love
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Maghnus RIA6
Poet Surnames:
  1. O Domhnaill
Meter Vars:
  1. Ae freislighe
Poem:

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Cridhe lán do smuaintighthibh


[Tomás Ó Rathile: Dánta Grádha no. 52]


Maghnas ó Domhnaill


1 Cridhe lán do smuaintighthibh

tarla dhúinne ré n-imtheacht;

caidhe neach dá uaibhrighe

ris nách sgar bean a intleacht?


2 Brón mar fhás na fineamhna

tarla oram re haimsir;

ní guth dhamhsa mímheanma

tré a bhfaicthear dúinn do thaidhbhsibh.


3 Sgaradh eóin re fíoruisge,

nó is múchadh gréine gile,

mo sgaradh re sníomhthuirse

tar éis mo chompáin chridhe.