Rómánsaíocht / Romance, and: Sólás / Solace
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Rómánsaíocht
Seasann dosaen róisI vása ard galánta-Trom,FuildeargBláthaíonn siad go mall
Comharthaí ceisteCinn cromthaCiontach.
Romance
A dozen roses bloom slowlyHeavy,BloodredIn a tall, elegant vase
Question marksHeads bowedGuiltily.
Sólás
I gceo gealaí meán oíche,Filleann síÓ chríocha ciana.Le ceol caillteCiúnaíonn sí mo chaoineadh,Is cneasaíonn sí mo chrá chroí.Aithním do bhall broinne,a cheolaire cíbe.Is cian liom go bhfillfidh tú aríschugam.
Creideadh tráth gur fhill anamacha linbhmarbha mar cheolairí cíbe ag meán oíchechun suaimhneas a thabhairt dámáithreacha chaointeacha lena gceolbinn.
Solace
Under midnight's moonlit mist,She returnsFrom distant lands.With lost melodiesShe calms my crying, andSoothes my sorrow.I recognise your birthmark,Warbler.I long for you to return to me.
In Irish folklore, the voices of sedgewarblers heard singing at midnight weresaid to be that of deceased infants who hadreturned temporarily to soothe theirkeening mothers. [End Page 66]
Doireann Ní Ghríofa lives in Cork. Her poetry has appeared in Feasta, Comhar, Ropes Anthology, and The Stony Thursday Book. She was awarded a prize in the emerging writer category at the 2010 Oireachtas Literary Awards, given a literature bursary by the Arts Council, and was shortlisted in Comórtas Uí Néill 2011. Her debut collection is Résheoid (Coiscéim).
