by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin, né John Francis Whelan (1900 - 1991)
Truagh mo thuras ar Loch Dearg
Language: Irish (Gaelic)
Truagh mo thuras ar Loch Dearg
a Rígh na gceall is na g-clog,
Do caoineadh Do chneadh is Do chréacht,
's nach dtig déar tar mo rosc.
Gan súile fhliuchadh a ruisg
iar ndéanamh gach uilc dá mhéeid,
le croidhe nach n-iarrann acht síth,
mo thruagh, a Rí, cad do dhéan?
[ ... ]
A Aoin-mhic lér cumadh cách,
's nár sheachain bás na dtrí ndealg,
le croidhe nach cruaidhe cloch,
is truagh mo thuras ar Loch Dearg.
Confirmed with Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge / The Gaelic Journal, ed. by fr. Eugene O'Growney, Dublin, The Gaelic Union, March, 1893, pp. 190 - 191 : volume IV, old no. 44.
Manuscript Source: National University of Ireland, Maynooth: Manuscript C88, page f24v.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 13th century ) , "Truagh mo thuras ar Loch Dearg"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Douglas Hyde) , no title [an adaptation]
Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-27
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Word count: 192
At Saint Patrick's Purgatory See base text
Language: English after the Irish (Gaelic)
Our translations: FRE
Pity me on my pilgrimage to Loch Derg! [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "At Saint Patrick's Purgatory", op. 29 no. 1 (1953), published 1954, stanzas 1-2,8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermit songs, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin, né John Francis Whelan (1900 - 1991), appears in The Silver Branch, copyright © 1938
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Truagh mo thuras ar Loch Dearg"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au purgatoire de Saint Patrick", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-18
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Word count: 93