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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)
poem 78
Carn Amalgaid
- Seanchos chairnd Amalgaid fheil
sloindfed uili don aird-reim
am lis can dailb can debaich,
fis in chairnn 's a chinedaig.
- 5] Fiachra ealgach na n-ech seng
robo mac d' aird-rig Erenn,
do Dathi, fa tend fodail,
ri 'na chenn ni chualamair.
- Fa mac d' Fhiachra na ngruad nglan
10] Amalgaid na n-arm n-admar,
o fuil in carn can taisi,
sa muig thall co tren-maisi.
- Is he rothochail ar tus
in carn sin, ba caem a rús,
15] mac Fiachra, nar fill ar fhear,
ler bind briathra na maidden,
- Do d'fhegain a long lebar,
is cum oenaig d'aitegud:
fa cabsaig sloig far slaitni
20] sna roim arrsaig adlaici.
- Hirfada doib na degaid
co bas in rig rorebaid,
co fuil na carn fen in fer:
leir in cach am a oiged.
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- 25] Acsin a denan demin
carn Amalgaid anenig,
inad sloig na foind-fhear fras,
coir a sloinded 's a senchas. S.
- Amalgaid mac Fiachrach fen,
30] uad tir Amalgaid fhoid-reid,
bunad naem is chell is chros,
dar lem is saer in senchus. S.
- Fearsad Treisi don thaib thuaid,
bean Amalgaid co n-oll-buaid
35] a hoiged san ath abos,
fath far boinead a blath-chros. S.
- Amalgaid, nar fhell ar fhear,
mac Dathi na ngruad ngle-gel,
is uada an inis anos,
40] trilis chuanna na caem-dos. Sen.
- Brathair Manandain co mblad
Brón, ler slaidead in sen-mag,
is uada mag mBroin abus,
mar nar an foir re Feargus. S.
- 45] Acsin na dinda diamra
sloindim daib do reir riagla
ni lean eolach ind anos,
(is treorach sinn) in senchos. Seanchos.
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