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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)
poem/story 124
SLÍAB CÚA
- Tanic tam, truag ind airle,
do buar Banba barr-aidble,
rosmarb cen timme na teist,
acht tarb Glinni 's a samaisc.
- Ser-mac Rudraigi rigda
Bresal bladach bo-dibda
ba flaith os chuan cach curaich
fobái slúag in bo-chumaid.
- Aice robui duanach drui
diarb ainm Buadach mac Birchlúi:
is do nogairthe cen fhell
in sen-Bodb Bairchi bél-cherr.
- Do Budb tuc Bresal na m-breth
a boin is a tharb maeth-mer
ar rath féile in rig cor-rath
do chosc aithgeire a druäd.
- Fuacrais in drúi dia daltaib
comét in buair bec-lachtaig,
fer díb cech lái fri seirc sét
dia ngeilt is dia lan-chomét.
- Rosaich co Cua cendmar cain
comét bend-glan in buair sain
ar fhogail sluaig co seirge,
ar chonaib, ar chuan-meirle.
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- Luid lasin seilb co saine
in fer meirb cen min-gaire
conostuc i m-brothlaig buair
forsin tshleib chochlaig cith-ruaid.
- Desin atá in caem-sliab Cua,
nocon é in saeb-niam sar-nua:
fair fogní fulucht n-ambal
diarbhí in muducht mor-adbal.
- Rodelbus gleri cen gua
do shenchus Sleibe sen-Chua,
drong rand raglan im gnim nglicc:
oll in t-adbar trias' tanic. T.