Ní mé bhur n-aithne, a aos gráidh

]> Ní mé bhur n-aithne, a aos gráidh An electronic edition Eochaidh Ó hEoghusa Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard University College Cork Professor Marianne McDonald via the CELT Project Second draft. 1039 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork.

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Manuscript source Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 4, p. 384. Secondary Literature. James Carney, The Irish bardic poet: a study in the relationship of poet and patron as exemplified in the persons of the poet, Eochaidh Ó hEoghusa (O'Hussey) and his various patrons, mainly members of the Maguire family of Fermanagh (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1985). The edition used in the digital edition Osborn Bergin Ní mé bhur n-aithne, a aos gráidh Irish Bardic Poetry Osborn Bergin Dublin Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1970 133–135

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By Eochaidh Ó hEoghusa, an Irish bardic poet c.1585–1620[?] The text is in Classical Modern Irish. bardic poetry 16c 17c 2010-11-21 Beatrix Färber ed. New wordcount made; conversion script run. 2008-10-10 Beatrix Färber ed. Header modified; keywords added; dates added. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T16:12:07+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 2003-05-13 Beatrix Färber ed. Minor changes to header; line-breaks inserted; HTML file created. 2003-05-09 Benjamin Hazard ed. Header constructed, structural mark-up entered and checked. Lineation checked and verified; text parsed using NSGMLS. 1995 Staff at the School of Celtic Studies (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) ed. Text captured by scanning and proofed.

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Ní mé bhur n-aithne, a aos gráidh, ná sginnidh re sgáth seachráin: fúar dár seisi im ionad ionn, spiorad mheisi nach maireann. An dóigh libh, a lucht m'fhéghtha, nach taidhbhsi a ttruaill aiértha, nó spiorad anma fhallsa, tarla im ionad agamsa? A aithne as éidir dhamhsa, sibh gan fhíacha oramsa: dá mbeth cás fám ég oruibh mo bhás créd nach cúalabhair? Trúagh sin, a dhaoine dona, do cláochlódh bhur ccédfadha; as eadh tharla am ainmsi ann, taidhbhsi anma gan anam. Ní misi an duine as dóich libh, adhradh dhamh as díth creidimh: taidhbhsi buile gan aird inn, a Mhuire! as mairg do mhillfinn. Dá bhféchtha fir na cruinne, annamh fúair dúil daonaidhe dá ré ar an saoghal acht sinn— do náomhadh mé má mhairim. Gidh bé adéradh nach deachadh, ní fhuil ann acht aimseachadh: ní tráth damhsa a rádha rom, cára almsa rem anam. Creidim féin go bfuaras bás, cumhain liom an lá theasdás, ar son an mhéda mharas, ag cor mh'éga a n-amharas. Ní hanbhúain, ní hiomlat mbáis, rom mharbhsa, acht meisci shóláis: ní sgís meanma —ga mó broid?— ní ró teadhma ná treabhloid. Más dúil do dhúilibh nimhe tug lé taibhreadh n-ainglidhi goid mh'anma gan iodhna báis, iongna damhna mo dhóláis. A radharc ó ránuig sinn, uch, a Chríost, créd fá mairfinn?— dúil do mharbh an uile fhear, as duine marbh nach muirbhfeadh. Ní tonn líonmhar leanna duibh, ní neamhgrádh neith ar talmhain, ní hannsa duine —ga dás? rom dhallsa uile acht úathbhás. Ar n-éirghe as an riocht reimhe— creididh sinn go simplidhe: do mharbh sé don úamhain inn— do-chualaidh mé go mairim. A hégosg ní fhidir mé, ní fhéd súil silleadh uirrthi: a hamharc gin gur fhéd sinn, a radharc do fhég mh'intinn. Ó's síabhradh meallta meisi, gan súil éirghe ón ainccisi, nár fhaice súil éinfhir í, an dúil chéillidh ad-chluintí. Ar ttaithbheóadh suil tí dhi, Día dár n-anacal uirrthi: ní tharla cás roimhe rinn, an bás oile 'nar n-oirchill. Cíall mh'anma an uair do mharas, tearc eólach 'na amharas: sadh gá mbí ciall agus cruth iar agus í gan fholach.