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Cotail becán becán bec

Author: [unknown]

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Text ID Number: G400055

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Manuscript sources
1. Killiney, Co Dublin, Dún Mhuire Franciscan Library, Duanaire Finn, f 44b.

Editions
1. Eoin Mac Neill, Duanaire Finn, vol. 1 (1908). Annotation, corrigenda, etc. in G. Murphy (ed) Duanaire Finn, vol. 3 (1953).

Translations
1. Eoin Mac Neill, Duanaire Finn, vol. 1 (1908).

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Gerard Murphy, Díarmait's Sleep in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century, Ed. Gerard Murphy. , Oxford, Clarendon Press (1956) page 160–164

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Created: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria Date range: c.1125–1175.

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Language: [GA] The text is in Middle Irish.

Language: [EN] The subtitle is in English.

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Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G400055

Cotail becán becán bec: Author: [unknown]

p.160

Díarmait's sleep

1. Cotail becán becán bec,
   úair ní h-ecail duit a bec,
   a gille día tardus seirc,
   a meic uí Duibne, a Díarmait.

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p.162

2. Cotail-si sunn go sáim sáim,
   a uí Duibne, a Díarmait áin,
   do-génsa t'foraire de,
   a meic uí delbda Duibne.
3. Cotail becán (bennacht fort)
   ós uisce Topráin Tréngort,
   a úanáin úachtair locha,
   do brú Thíre Trénsrotha.
4. Rop inonn is cotlad tes
   degFidaig na n-airdéices,
   dá tuc ingin Morainn búain
   tar cenn Conaill ón Chráebrúaid.
5. Rop inonn is cotlad túaid
   Finnchaid Finnchaím Essa Rúaid,
   dá tug Sláine (ségda rainn)
   tar cenn Fáilbe Chotatchinn.
6. Rop inonn is cotlad tíar
   Áine ingine Gáilían,
   fecht do-luid céim fo thrilis
   la Dubthach ó Dairinis.
7. Rop inonn is cotlad tair
   Dedad dána díumasaigh
   dá ruc Coinchinn ingin Binn
   tar cenn Dechill déin Duibrinn.
8. A chró gaile íarthair Gréc,
   anfatsa 'got forcoimét;
   maidfid mo chraide-se acht súaill,
   monat-faicear re h-énúair.
9. Ar scarad ar n-dís 'ma-le
   's scarad lenab óenbaile
   is scarad cuirp re h-anmain,
   a laích Locha finnCharmain.

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p.164

10. Léicfider caínche ar do lorg
    (rith Caílte nó ba h-anord),
    nachat-táir bás ná brocad,
    nachat-léice i sírchotlad.
{speech Díarmait}
11. Ní chotail in dam-so sair,
    ní scuirenn do búirfedaig;
    cía beith im dairib na lon,
    ní fuil 'na menmain cotlad.
12. Ní chotail in eilit máel
    ac búirfedaig fó brecláeg;
    do-gní rith tar barraib tor;
    nó déin 'na h-adbaid cotal.
13. Ní chotail in chaínche bras
    ós barraib na crann cáemchas;
    is glórach a-táthar ann;
    gi bé in smólach ní chotlann.
14. Ní chotail in lacha lán;
    maith a láthar re degsnám;
    ní déin súan nó sáime ann;
    ina h-adbaid ní chotlann.
15. In-nocht ní chotail in gerg;
    ós fráechaib anfaid imard
    binn fogar a gotha glain:
    eitir srotha nó chotail.