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67. A fhir iomtnuidh an aois ted (or iomthusa) $
Length: short 6 qq
Certainty: 3
Period:
  1. 16th ult
  2. 17th early
Areas:
  1. Ulster
Classes:
  1. satire
Manuscripts:
  1. Book of O’Conor Don 1631
  2. Goettingen MS Hist773 A. O Conch1659
Prints:
  1. text Irisl. na Gaedhilge xix, 365
Motifs:
  1. recitation of poetry
  2. music
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Eochaidh BOCD
Poet Surnames:
  1. O hEoghusa
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

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A fhir iomtha an aosa téd


[Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge xix (1909), 365]


Eochaidh Ó hEodhusa (see Book of O’Conor Don, fol. 24b)


1 A fhir iomtha an aosa téd

sirim ar Chríost do choimhéd

a moirt iomloisceach an fhuinn

a dhomblaisdeoch ghuirt Gathfuinn.


2 Deithneas mall do mheoir thuisligh

is í an ghrafuinn ghreannmhair-sin

tug a lighe mh’éga inn,

a théda cridhe caorthann.


3 Cluinim uait, a hucht Mhuire,

foghar garbh do ghlaodhuighe,

i gcomhar an cheoil chridhe

nach foghar eoin ainglidhe.


4 Greannmhar an ghabháil dána

an bhúirtheach ard arránda

do-ní tinn an uile fhear

a Mhuire is binn an bhéiceach.


5 Fuaras uait, is nír iarr mé,

naoi ndánta i ndiaidh a chéile;

ba ghearr uam an deachmhodh dán

mar nuall seanchon ar seachrán.


6 Cuir a lán i gcluasaibh cáigh,

is nár bheag dénamh tormáin;

seinn do chura is cruaidh dochta

buail umha go harrochta.