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Fada is mná
maithe mná Mumhan
[RIA 1134
(23/E/29), Book of Fermoy, 199]
O Maothagan
cecinit
[Deachnadh Mór,
Brúilingeacht]
1 Fada is mna
maithi mná Muman
a mna
maithi moltair
mna
gan enlocht
ar a
n-eineac[h]
a
ceadbladh do
cosnad[h].
2 Mna ’gar dearmad damh a ndeithnes
mna
nar fergaigh ollam[h]
ni
bhiu ’ga n-airimh le n-imat
na
mna(i)-sin do
moladh
ni
ruca bean tar mnaibh Muman
ga
beag daibh a ndobhart.
3 Ag
inghin Taidg a-ta a
n-inad
damh
os aird ’ga osgladh
bregaidh Caitilin do cleachtadh
o
aithirthir ollam[h].
4 Ga ben dib is
meadh dá maithes
bean ar nac bi cogur
cia
is medh da heneac
ni fhedar
bean nar eitigh ollam[h].
beith
da mnai imtha ’na histadh ?
ni
fhinnfa
ar craibh Corad[h].
5 Bean
nar fed
duini do
deradh
ni
tren uirri
acht
ollam[h]
is
terc bean dibh mar a-duba(i)rt
do
shir acht cleath
Corad[h].
6 Bean nac iar ath ar an eineac[h]
trath ni bhia ga
[leg. gan?] bronnad[h]
gebhuidh ac cuirm
craibhi Maisten
cuirn
naidi ’ga nochtad[h]
tuc gan cradh d’erghi ’na hoireacht
slat
Berri ’ga
bronnad[h].
7 Geall re
Caitilin da cuirter
Caitilin ’ga cosnamh
in
geall beris o
mhnaib Mumhan
beirid[h] o
clar
Connacht.
8 In geall cuires
ré crich
Laigean
di
tuicter a
torad
ar teacht na cleri a measg
Mhigeac
breath le-si ’ga
lomad.
9 Teit a
coimmes
tar crich Ulad
ni
roibeag di a ndobart
ni
tugad le
habacht eiteach
’na
haras ar ollam[h].
10
Ingean Taidg
ar tocht na filead[h]
scol
is gac aird fhosdus
mar budh moidi in
cradh a caithem
slat
Boindi ’ga
brondad[h].
muna tuc duine nach dlighfedh
guth
uirre ni homan.
11
Canfaid misi re
mnai Maisten
sibh-si os gac mnai
moltair
ni
fhuil so ara nert
dod neimced
ben
do chor ad comar.
12 Aillbi
inghean
Cormaic cnes
roigheal
bean
’gar
orrdraic
ollam[h]
tu a
meadh ar gais is
ar glicus
in
bean do bhai
romhat.
13 Temeal
ar do clu ni
creitter
tu
Emher na n-ollamh
ac so
a fuil tort ac Moir Muman
Mor
do tocht
ar tosac[h].
14 As tu
fein is medh da
maithes
gac ben dod
[fh]reim
romat
fuair
cainti arna aithne at istadh
failti a n-aice orsan.
15 Tu is
airmhighi clu dot
cineadh
tu is
airni
d’ollam[h]
do
cennchais ? clú do mnaibh
Muman
on clu do fas
orat.
16 Sed
arna aithne
ar a
fheabhus
ad
baili ’ga bronnad[h]
as
inann tús dí et deredh
ni bi
ar do clu
cogur.
17 Tu
fein is
oman da
athbrath
in
sed fhosta o ollam[h]
an
ngebhudh bean ele
h’in[adh]
is
let th’eire d’fostad[h].
do
chuirt [...] fhir na n-inad[h]
duinti na righ
r[omhat].
18
Aibhinn in tech
a-ta agat [200]
teach
gan cas a cogad[h]
bruigean tirm
buaballbhlaith bleigeac
tuaruscbail
Cinn
Chorad[h].
19 Is
uathad[h] ben aga
mbraitter
tech
mar Cruachain
Connacht
raith
na hEmna is meadh da mhaithes
in
tech dearbhtha
a-dobhart.
20 Teach
arnac bi esbaid[h] fhilead[h]
an
teach-sain do
thoghus
ni
terc eices isin
istadh
tech
na n-eces d’f[h]ostad[h].
21 Teach a rua
muirer na
Muman
bruigean na cuach
clochach
rath
is uaisle ana gac
istadh
nac buailfe dam
dorus
tocht tarin tegh ni budh
tuirseac
ac
nac beg do a
ndobart.
22 Ticfat
tar cuma mna
Maisten
cuma na mna
molfat
da
rosg glasa do ghael Echach
mala
cael nar
comadh.
23 Fuair o Corc da n-agra aiseac
in
folt casta clogac[h]
ni
nar don taebh asa
tugad[h]
in
tract na in taebh
solus.
24 Fuil Eimhir
san ucht do
haithneadh
d’Eimher tuc a thorad[h]
d’fuil Mogha Nuadat
do nigeadh
in gruad-sain nac gontar.
25 Do
gealad[h] ? le cas
ni celeabh
in
bas sheda sholus
ma
a-ta ar geis Emhna
ni fhedar
beim ndealba
acht mar dobart.
26 In cuid is aibhne d’iath
Mumhan
in t-iath faiti is
follus
in crich fa lai na lerg
slaitgheal
a
sealbh ac craibh
Corad[h].
27 Caille
in Druagh asa dual coimmes
buaidh gac
criche
cosnus
a-tait ar-aen fa mnai Mhaisten
cis
in da taebh
togbus
imdha [b]albhshruth
san iath idhan
on
tarbac[h] cliabh
Coradh.
28 Budh dimbuan
ar techt don tesbach
sreabh indfhuar fa
fhothlacht
beiridh teas gan fhis o eathar
sribh
ar teact a tobar
le
tic do blath fa mnai Maistean
ni
nar do craibh cromadh.
29 Ni don tir
a-tam ’ga thuiremh
ga
ttam di acht a
ndobart
esgaidh ach nach eadh a sibul
bean
Edair go hollamh
o
Chaitilin ar na clectadh
is
aistirmhin ollamh.x
30 Oighri Muiris
na mur fleaghach
tuillidh clu san cagadh
Daibhith a Roitsi is reidh eineach
oigi
he ina a alladh.
31 Gur
ceannchad[h] clu le cleith
Maistean
leis
tuss in gach tachar
faicfidh sein da eis a eineach
a
cein o cleith Adhar.
32 Teit cliar a
n-uallcha ’na istadh
a
triall uadha is annamh
os se
is annsa le gach
n-ollam[h]
ac
geig Andla anfad. Fada...