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CELT document G400034

Aithbe dam bés mora

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     p.74

    Aithbe dam bés mora

    The lament of the Old Woman of Beare

    Sentainne Béirri cecinit íarna senad don chríni:

  1. Aithbe damsa bés mora;
    sentu fom-dera croan;
    toirsi oca cía do-gnéo,
    sona do-tét a loan.
  2. Is mé Caillech Bérri, Buí;
    no meilinn léini m-bithnuí;
    in-díu táthum, dom séimi,
    ná melainn cid aithléini.
  3. It moíni
    cartar lib, nídat doíni;
    sinni, ind inbaid marsaim-me
    batar doíni carsaim-me.
  4. Batar inmaini doíni
    ata maige 'ma-ríadam;
    ba maith no-mmeilmis leo,
    ba becc no-mmoítis íarum.
  5. In-díu trá caín-timgairid,
    ocus ní mór nond-oídid;
    cíasu becc don-indnaigid,
    is mór a mét no-mmoídid.
  6. Carpait lúaith
    ocus eich no beirtis búaid,
    ro boí, denus, tuile díb:
    bennacht for Ríg roda-úaid!
    7.  p.76
  7. Tocair mo chorp co n-aichri
    dochum adba dían aithgni (?):
    tan bas mithig la Mac n-Dé
    do-té do brith a aithni.
  8. Ot é cnámacha cáela
    ó do-éctar mo láma; —
    ba inmain dán do-gnítis:
    bítis im ríga rána.
  9. Ó do-éctar mo láma
    ot é cnámacha cáela,
    nídat fiú turcbáil, taccu,
    súas tarsna maccu cáema.
  10. It fáilti na ingena
    ó thic dóib co Beltaine;
    is deithbiriu dam-sa brón:
    sech am tróg, am sentainne.
  11. Ní feraim cobra milis;
    ní marbtar muilt dom banais;
    is bec, is líath mo thrilis;
    ní líach drochcaille tarais.
  12. Ní olc lim
    ce beith caille finn form chinn;
    boí mór meither cech datha
    form chinn oc ól daglatha.
  13. Ním-gaib format fri nach sen
    inge nammá fri Feimen:
    meisse, ro miult forbuid sin;
    buide beus barr Feimin.
  14. Lia na Ríg h-i Femun,
    Caithir Rónáin h-i m-Bregun,
    cían ó ro-síachtar sína
    a l-leicne; nít senchrína.
    15.  p.78
  15. Is labar tonn mora máir;
    ros-gab in gaim cumgabáil:
    fer maith, mac moga, in-díu
    ní freiscim do chéilidiu.
  16. Is éol dam a n-do-gniat,
    rait ocus do-raat;
    curchasa Átha Alma,
    is úar in adba i faat.
  17. Is mo láu
    nád muir n-oíted imma-ráu!
    Testa már m-blíadnae dom chruth
    dég fo-rroimled mo chétluth.
  18. Is mo dé!
    Dam-sa in-díu, ci bé dé,
    gaibthi m'étach, cid fri gréin:
    do-fil áes dam; at-gén féin.
  19. Sam oíted i r-rabamar
    do-miult, cona ̇fagamur;
    gaim aís báides cech n-duine,
    domm-ánaic a ̇fochmuine.
  20. Ro miult m' oítid ar thuus;
    is buide lem ro-ngleus:
    cid becc mo léim dar duae,
    ní ba nuae in brat beus.
  21. Is álainn in brat úaini
    ro scar mo Rí tar Drummain.
    is sáer in Fer nod-llúaidi:
    do-rat loí fair íar lummain.
    22.  1 
  22. A-minecán! mórúar dam;
    cech dercu is erchraide.
    Íar feis fri caindlib sorchuib
    bith i n-dorchuib derthaige!
    23.  p.80
  23. Rom-boí denus la ríga
    oc ól meda ocus ̇fína;
    in-díu ibim medcuisce
    eter sentainni crína.
  24. Rop ed mo choirm cóidén midc;
    ropo toil Dé cecham-theirb;
    oc do guidisiu, a Dé bí,
    do-rata {⬌} fri feirg.
  25. Ad-cíu form brot brodrad n-aís;
    ro gab mo chíall mo thogaís;
    líath a finn ásas trim thoinn;
    is samlaid crotball senchroinn.
  26. Rucad úaim-se mo súil des
    día reic ar thír m-bithdíles;
    ocus rucad int súil chlé,
    do ̇formach a ̇foirdílse.
    27.  2 
  27. Tri thuile
    do-ascnat dún Aird Ruide:
    tuile n-oac, tuile n-ech,
    tuile mílchon mac Luigdech.
  28. Tonn tuili
    ocus ind í aithbi áin:
    a n-do-beir tonn tuili dait
    beirid tonn aithbi as do láim.
  29. Tonn tuili
    ocus ind aile aitbi:
    dom-áncatarsa uili
    conda éolach a n-aithgni.
    30.  3 
  30. Tonn tuili
    nícos-tair socht mo chuile!
    cid mór mo dám fo deimi
    fo-cress lám forru uili.
    31.  p.82
  31. Má ro-feissed Mac Maire
    co m-beth fo chlí mo chuile!
    Cení dernus gart cenae
    ní érburt “nac” fri duine.
  32. Tróg n-uile
    (doíriu dúilib in duine)
    nád n-déccas a n-aithbese
    feib dorr-éccas a tuile.
  33. Mo thuile,
    is maith con-roíter m'aithne.
    ra-sóer Ísu mac Maire,
    conám toirsech, co aithbe.
  34. Céin mair insi mora máir:
    dosn-ic tuile íarna tráig;
    os mé, ní frescu dom-í
    tuile tar éisi n-aithbi.
  35. Is súaill mennatán in-díu
    ara taibrinn-se aithgne;
    a n-í ro boí for tuile
    atá uile for aithbe.

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Title (uniform): Aithbe dam bés mora

Title (translation, English Translation): The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare

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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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2. Second draft, revised and corrected.

Extent: 1584 words

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Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork

Address: College Road, Cork, Ireland— http://www.ucc.ie/celt

Date: 1996

Date: 2010

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

CELT document ID: G400034

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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Manuscript sources

  1. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1337, p. 42 (olim H. 3. 18). (X).
  2. Dublin, National Library of Ireland, G 7 (formerly Phillipps 9748), col. 23. (N).
  3. Dublin, Trinity College Library, 1337, p. 764 (olim H. 3. 18). (h).
  4. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1363, p. 44 (olim H. 4. 22). (B).
  5. Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1378, p. 187 (olim H. 5. 6). (b).

Editions

  1. Kuno Meyer, Stories and Songs from Irish MSS. II: The Song of the Old Woman of Beare, Otia Merseiana 1 (1899) 119-128.
  2. Gerard Murphy, The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 55 C 4 (1953) 83-109.

Translations

  1. Kuno Meyer, Stories and Songs from Irish MSS. II: The Song of the Old Woman of Beare, Otia Merseiana 1 (1899) 122 sq.
  2. Kuno Meyer, Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (London 1911) 88 sq.

The edition used in the digital edition

‘The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare’ (1956). In: Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century‍. Ed. by Gerard Murphy. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 74–82.

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  address 	 = {Oxford},
  publisher 	 = {Clarendon Press},
  date 	 = {1956},
  pages 	 = {74–82}
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Creation: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c. 775–825

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  • The text is in Old Irish. (ga)
  • Subtitle is in English. (en)
  • One word in Latin. (la)

Keywords: poetry; medieval; lament; Old woman of beare

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  1. 2010-11-14: File updated; new wordcount made; conversion script run. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
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  3. 2008-07-30: Keywords added. (ed. Ruth Murphy)
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  5. 2005-08-04T16:03:32+0100: Converted to XML (ed. Peter Flynn)
  6. 1997-09-05: Header created; text parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
  7. 1996-02-05: Creation and insertion of TEI Header for the anthology; revision of structural mark-up. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)
  8. 1996-02-05: Revised text parsed and mark-up verified using SGMLS. (ed. Mavis Cournane)
  9. 1995-08: Checking and proofing text. (ed. Tiarnán Ó Corráin)
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  11. 1994: Checking and proofing text. (ed. Aideen O'Leary)
  12. 1994: Proofing and correction of edition. (ed. Patricia Kelly)
  13. 1993: Data capture completed. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)

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