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Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
You Were Driving By The Sea
You were driving by the seain the dream,
explaining your regret,
why you led us not into temptation.
And I remembered then
the biblical rain
that lashed your conscience
at the doorway of desire.
I woke with my feet
in a puddle of rainwater,
the church-bell
was counting my sorrows.
© Translation: 2010, Billy Ramsell
Publisher: first published in literary journal Fusion, Boston, 2010
Publisher: first published in literary journal Fusion, Boston, 2010
Bhís dom’ thiomáint cois trá
Bhís dom’ thiomáint cois trá
Bhís dom’ thiomáint cois trása taibhreamh,
ag míniú an cathú a bhí ort,
an fáth nár ligis sinn i gcathú . . .
is chuimhníos ansan
ar an mbáisteach bhíoblúil
a fhliuch do choinsias
ar tairseach na dúile . . .
Dhúisíos is mo dhá chois
i lochán báistí,
clog an tsáipéil
ag áireamh mo bhróin.
© 2010, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Publisher: first published in literary journal Fusion, Boston
Publisher: first published in literary journal Fusion, Boston
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Bhís dom’ thiomáint cois trá
Bhís dom’ thiomáint cois trása taibhreamh,
ag míniú an cathú a bhí ort,
an fáth nár ligis sinn i gcathú . . .
is chuimhníos ansan
ar an mbáisteach bhíoblúil
a fhliuch do choinsias
ar tairseach na dúile . . .
Dhúisíos is mo dhá chois
i lochán báistí,
clog an tsáipéil
ag áireamh mo bhróin.
You Were Driving By The Sea
You were driving by the seain the dream,
explaining your regret,
why you led us not into temptation.
And I remembered then
the biblical rain
that lashed your conscience
at the doorway of desire.
I woke with my feet
in a puddle of rainwater,
the church-bell
was counting my sorrows.
© 2010, Billy Ramsell
Publisher: 2010, first published in literary journal Fusion, Boston
Publisher: 2010, first published in literary journal Fusion, Boston
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