CELT document G400008

A Marbán, a díthrubaig

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     p.10

    A Marbán, a díthrubaig

    King and hermit

     Guaire
  1. A Marbáin, a díthrubaig,
    cid ná cotlai for colcaid?
    Ba meinciu duit feiss i-m-maig,
    cenn do raig for lár ochtgaig.
  2.  Marbán
  3. 1Nicon cotluim for colcaid
    gē bethear com imslānud:
    atāaid sochaidi 2 amoig
    atraicc hocim imrādud.
  4. Nī marutt ar comolta,
    scarad fri nīnlūaidi:
    acht mād ōinsessoir namā
    nī mair nech dīouh, a Gūaire.
  5. Ornait ocus Lugna lān,
    Laidgēn ocus Ailirān,
    atā cechturde fri dān,
    Marbān ocus Cluithnechān.
  6. Rochluinis mo tiomna-sa
    frie hūir techta don domun:
    mo qhūach-sa din dīthrebach,
    mo crain do Laidgēn lobhor.
  7. Mo scīan is mo spedudhud,
    ma trebad i Tūoim Aidchi,
    mo lourc, mo crain, mo cūach,
    mo tīag lethoir, mo cairchi.
  8.  Guaire
  9. A Maruāin, a dīthrubaig,
    cid dia tiomna docūaid?
    di don fior cerda a rath,
    acht a brath do Mac Dūaid.
  10.  Marbán
  11. Atá úarboth dam i caill;
    nís-fitir acht mo Fhíada;
    uinnius di-síu, coll an-all,
    bile rátha, nosn-íada.
  12. Dí ersainn fraích fri fulong
    ocus fordorus féthe.
    Feraid in chaill immá cress
    a mess for mucca méthe.
  13. Mét mo boithe — bec nád bec,
    baile sétae sognath.
    Canaid sian m-binn día beinn
    ben a l-leinn co londath.
  14. Lengait doim Droma Rolach
    assa sruth róeglan.
    Fodeirc essi Roigne rúad,
    Mucruime múad, Móenmag.
  15. Mennután díamair desruid
    día m-bí selb sétrois.
    Día déxin in rega limm?
    Rȯfinn mo bethu it écmais.
  16.  p.12
  17. Mong co libri
    ibair éoglais:
    nósta cél!
    Caín in magan:
    márglas darach
    darsin sén.
  18. Aball ubull
    (mára ratha)
    m-bruidnech m-bras;
    barr dess dornach
    collán cnóbec
    cróebach n-glas.
  19. Glére thiprat,
    essa uisci
    (úais do dig) —
    bruinnit ilair;
    cáera ibair,
    fiadait, fir.
  20. Foilgit impe
    mucca cenntai,
    cadlaid, uirc,
    mucca alltai,
    uiss aird, ellti,
    bruicnech, bruic,
  21. Buidnech sídech,
    slúag tromm tírech,
    dál dom thig;
    ina erchaill
    tecat cremthainn:
    álainn sin!
  22.  p.14
  23. Caíni fleda
    tecat moteg,
    tárgud tricc,
    uisce idan
    barrán bitchai,
    bratáin, bricc.
  24. Barrán cáerthainn,
    áirni dubai
    draigin duinn,
    túarai dercna
    cáera lomma
    lecna luimm.
  25. Líne ugae,
    mil, mess, melle,
    (Día dod-roíd),
    ubla milsi,
    mónainn derca,
    dercna froích.
  26. Coirm co lubaib,
    loc di subaib,
    somlas snó,
    sílbach sciach
    derca iach,
    áirni chnó.
  27. Cuach meda
    colláin cunnla
    co n-dáil daith;
    durcháin donna,
    dristin monga
    mérthain maith.
  28. Mad fri samrad,
    suairc snóbrat,
    somlas mlas,
    curair, orcáin,
    foltáin glaise,
    glaine glas;
  29.  p.16
  30. Céola ferán
    m-bruinne forglan
    forom n-dil;
    dordán smálcha
    caíne gnáthcha
    úas mo thig;
  31. Tellinn, cíarainn,
    cerdán cruinne,
    crónán séim;
    gigrainn, cadain,
    gair ré samain,
    seinm n-gairb chéir;
  32. Caīnciu gestlach,
    druí donn desclach,
    don chraíb chuill;
    cochuill alaid
    snaic ar daraig,
    aidbli druing.
  33. Tecat caínfinn,
    corra, faílinn;
    fos-cain cúan;
    ní céol ndogra
    cerca odra
    a fráech rúad.
  34. Rescach samaisc
    a samrad
    (soilsiu sín):
    ní serb sáethrach
    úas maig máethlach
    mellach mín.
  35. Fogur gaíthe
    fri fid flescach,
    forglas néol;
    essa aba;
    esnad ala:
    álainn céol.
  36.  p.18
  37. Caíni ailmi
    ardom-peitet,
    ní íar n-a creic:
    do Chríst, cech than,
    ní mesa dam
    oldás deit.
  38. Cid maith latsu
    a n-do-milsiu,
    mó cech maín;
    buidech liumsa
    do-berr damsa
    óm Chríst chaín.
  39. Cen úair n-augrai,
    cen deilm n-debtha
    immut-̇foich,
    buidech dond Flaith
    do-beir cech maith
    dam im boith.
  40.  Guaire
  41. Do-bérsa mo ríge rán
    lam chuid comorbsa Calmáin,
    a dílse co úair mo báis,
    ar beith it gnáis, a Marbáin.

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Title (uniform): A Marbán, a díthrubaig

Title (translation, English Translation): King and Hermit

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Electronic edition compiled by: Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Funded by: University College, Cork and Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project.

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3. Third draft, revised and enlarged.

Extent: 1482 words

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Date: 1996

Date: 2010

Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.

CELT document ID: G400008

Availability: The hard copy on which the present electronic edition is based is copyright by Oxford University Press, and is here used by kind permission of the publishers.

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  • London, British Library, Harleian MS 5280, f 42b.

Editions

  1. Kuno Meyer, Zwiegespräch zwischen König Gúire von Aidne und seinen Bruder Marbán, dem Einsiedler, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901) 455–57.
  2. Kuno Meyer, King and Hermit. A Colloquy between King Guaire and his brother Marban. Being an Irish poem of the tenth century, edited and translated (London 1901).

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  • Kuno Meyer, King and Hermit. A Colloquy between King Guaire and his brother Marban. Being an Irish poem of the tenth century, edited and translated (London 1901).

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‘King and Hermit’ (1956). In: Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century‍. Ed. by Gerard Murphy. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 10–18.

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  editor 	 = {Gerard Murphy},
  title 	 = {King and Hermit},
  booktitle 	 = {Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century},
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  address 	 = {Oxford},
  publisher 	 = {Clarendon Press},
  date 	 = {1956},
  pages 	 = {10–18}
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All editorial introduction, translation, glossary, notes and indexes have been omitted. The text of the Murphy's edition is retained and his editorial corrigenda are integrated into the electronic edition. For this electronic edition, variants cited by Murphy are not reproduced. The six verses omitted by Murphy are included here from Meyer's 1901 edition. The acute accent and macron used by Meyer and Murphy to mark long vowels are both retained here. Expansions to Meyer's text are marked ex, editorial notes are marked note type="auth" and corrections are marked corr sic="" resp="KM".

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Creation: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c.800–900

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  • The text is in Old Irish. (ga)
  • The subtitle is in English. (en)
  • One note is in German. (de)

Keywords: poetry; medieval; king and hermit

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  8. 1996-02-05: Creation and insertion of TEI Header for the anthology; revision of structural mark-up. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)
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  10. 1995-08: Checking and proofing text. (ed. Tiarnán Ó Corráin)
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  12. 1994: Checking and proofing text. (ed. Aideen O'Leary)
  13. 1994: Proofing and correction of edition. (ed. Patricia Kelly)
  14. 1993: Data capture completed. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)

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