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Easbaidh hUa
Calmain ’na chill
[B. Mac Carthy,
Annals of Ulster, 1893 (reprinted 1998), vol. ii, 244-6]
1 Easbaidh hUa
Calma[i]n ’n-a cill,
Olc ’n-a agaidh
ní airmim:
Ita samhudh d ’an
socht sin,
’Nocht gan
crabadh ’n-a cathraigh.
2 Areis Cainnigh
in chuirp oigh
No co r’eirigh
uas altóir,
Ni ciall
danusfáca in flaith,
Ni riadh cába fa
chomaith.
3 Robo shai
sribinn sciamglain,
Maith rocongbadh
coemhriaghail,
Rofhrecaibh
tarbha i n-gach tan,
Rob’ eacnaidh
amra, uasal.
4 Gen co saeradh
nech fo nim
In dubhreicles ar
demhnaibh,
Gia naemthar cen
locht ar lar,
Doshaerfadh corp
hUi Calma[i]n.
5 Comarba
Cainnigh na cell,
Is dith do cach i
coitchenn,
Is bron do gach
bocht dobhir,
Is mór in t-olc a
easbaidh.
Easbaidh h.
C.-