ag foghlaim Oghaim?
Scríobh na draoithe i n-ogham chraobh
A n-intleacht ghrinn, ar shlait gach taobh;
Trasna, díreach, cruinn, 's claon,
Gach graf dá bhfuil inniubh le feidhm.
(Tá an dheas fén gcraoibh agus an chlé taobh thuas.)
Beith 'na haonar do mo láimh dheis;
Agus luis dís gan eisleis.
Fearn triúr, Sail ceathrar is ea,
Agus Nuin go n-a cúigear.
Uath 'na haonar do mo láimh chlí,
Agus Dair dír go ndea-ní.
Teine triúr, ceathrar do Choll;
Ceirt 'na cúigear ní chealam.
Muin fiar-thrasna -- mór an modh;
Dír do Ghort, triúr do Ngiadal.
Straif 'na ceathrar gan doilghe;
Ruis 'na cúigear comhshuite.
Ailm 'na haonar trasna anuas,
Agus Onn dír go ndea-chnuas.
Úr triúr, eadha ceathrar cain,
‘s Iogha cúigear d' fheadhain.
Eabhadh 'na crois um an gcraoibh,
Óir 'na buaile bhuig bhláthchaoin.
Uileann 'na lúib do mo leath dheas,
Mar thuig ughdair is oircheas.
Ceithre fleisc i n-Ifin árd
Do mo leith dheis bhaineas gach bárd.
A hocht Amhancholl ma le
Do leathtaoibh chlé na chraoibhe.
Curthar Peith, ar do Láimh dheis,
Shínte díreach leis an bhfleisc.
le Cionaodh @ 1.2.06
1 Freagraí:
Some readers will wonder where this came from; it's from a very old book called Gramadach Dhá-Theangthach by Tadhg Ó Coindealbháin (1906). It is therefore in pre-Caighdeán Irish; I have attempted to update the orthography to make it more understandable.
The author gives a very flowery English translation thus:
For b, one stroke at your right hand;
But changeless l doth two command.
For f, place three; for s mark four;
In forming n, add one stroke more.
The aspirate h, on the left doth claim
One stroke; but two d’s worth proclaim.
T, with three lines we represent;
And c with four is e’er content.
Queirt’s q-like form, announced by five;
One cross-branch’d stroke for m contrive.
For g, put two; for ng three;
With st, four must social be.
R, answers five; for a you’ll find
One down-drawn stroke across reclin’d.
The circling o doth two befriend;
U three; but four must e attend.
Sharp-sounding i exceeds them all,
for five array’d attend its call.
Ea, like x, its mansion holds;
Oi, ringlike, the Branch enfolds.
Ui, one semicircle plain
Will on the right its place maintain.
Four cross-drawn strokes the right displays
To show the sound ia conveys; and on the left ao provides
Eight cross-drawn strokes with equal sides.
But on the right you’ll always see
One horizontal stroke for p.
It seems like a fun way to learn the rudiments of Ogham.
Le meas,
Cionaodh
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