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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)

poem/story 4

LOCH GILE

1. INgen Romra, Gili glan,
   bean darb aithnich cach inber,
   a h-ainm arin loch lebar
   or moch maidm do minugad.
2. Teid an ingen, toisc uabair,
   farcur socht ar saer-sluagaib,
   dia fothrucad sa snigi
   co glan-tobar ngainmidi.
3. Ca nigi don ingin feil
   asa lind-usqi lan-reid,
   dochi sa mag Omra ard,
   mar bad omna mear mor-garg.
4. Dogob nairi an ingen an
   ac faicsin chuici a lennan:
   tuc a ceann fan tobar thall:
   baiter an ingen admall.
5. Tic a buime as cind a cuirp
   cor said thall isa tibraid:
   a cained Gili co h-an
   dobi ar miri mun macan.
6. Mar dasilsead na dera
   on ingin tre athmela,
   doluid tharrso in tobar teann,
   corob loch dreaman dileann.
7. Loch Gili on dail sin ana
   o Gili ingin Romra:
   douair Omra oiged ann
   o Romra romear rothenn.
8. Douair Romra in bas bunaig
   da cumaig sa chaem-thulaig:
   is uaada Carn Romra ran,
   Carn Omra o Omra drech-nar.

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9. 
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   isa Loch Gili sea ana
   o Gili ingin Romra. INgen.