Boy John Boy John
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Boy John Boy John
Bidh am bodach,
Seadh, am braisiche,
A’ falbh ’s a’ dèanamh suidhe
Thall ri taobh na h-uinneige
Ri beul na h-oidhche
  Imíonn sé féin taobh leis féin
  Go suíonn síos ar a thóin
  Thiar le hais na fuinneoige
  Le béal na hoíche
    the bodach goes off, alone,
    to sit
    by the window after his dinner


’S a’ sealltainn
A-mach air Boy John air chruaidh
  Is go bhféachann sé leis ar an taobh thall
  Agus ar Boy John
  Amuigh léi féin sa ngóilín
    and looks out
    on Boy John out at anchor


Is, air a chùlaibh,
Air a’ bhaile-shamhraidh
’S e a’ dol air ais na bheinn
  Agus, ar a chúl,
  Ar bhaile fearainn an tsamhraidh
  Ag imeacht ar ais ina shliabh
    and, beyond,
    on the summer village
    going back to moorland.
 

 

   

Rody Gorman
b.1960


Ealaíontóir/Artist:
Peannaire/Calligrapher:
Aistritheoir/Translator:
Ainmníodh ag/Nominator:
Alfred Graf
Donald Addison
The Author
The Author

 

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