Hey guys,

My friend is leaving the country
and i want to give him a book , with an irish blessing inscribed.

Ive got the one below, which i think is great, but to make it more personal i want to add a little something special about surfing perhaps!
I was thinking maybe 'May the surf also break in your favour!'

Would anyone be able translate that for me?
any other ideas are always appreciated too!

Cheers,

A Chara,
Go n-éirí an bother leat.
Go raibh coir na gaoithe I gcónaí leat.
Go dtaitní an ghrian go bog bláth arr do chlár éadain,
go dtite an bháisteach go bog mín ar do ghoirt.
Agus go gcasfar le chéile sinn arís go gcoinní Dia I mbois a láimhe thú.
Le gach beannacht./Le gach dea-ghuí.
Slán tamaill./Slán go foil.

Thanks,

Shane

Hi, I've split this off for you and tidied it up a bit. Here's a few corrections:


There may be others ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Many thanks B, Il be using every inch of that script for a friend.

If you could help me with one other part , id be really grateful!

Hes an avid surfer and i want to add in , in place of one of the lines.

"and may the surf always break in your favour"

so that its a little unique,

Would you have any idea how to say this or something similar as Gaeilge?


Thanks again,

Shane

I just had a different thought along the lines of:

Go n-éirí na tonnta leat "May you have success in the waves."

But I'll keep working on the other bit for you as well ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Perhaps:

Agus go mbrise na tonnta i gcónaí i do leith "And may the waves always break in your favour."

I've used tonnta "waves". There is another word bruth for "surf", but I am not sure it carries the same playful nuance as the English. We'd need a second opinion on that.

Await confirmation or correction (I understand that your friend might be leaving soon, but better translators in other countries will be logging on soon and should be able to give us the answers we need) ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

That works well in my opinion.

It's a tiny change, but I think you can leave out the "i" and put an apostrophe before the do. I think this makes it nicer Let me know if it's not acceptable for writing, I want to know

Thanks for all your help translating guys!

And also, thanks to the person who guided me to this great site!!

I think waves will work just great! So il go with that for sure!


Much appreciated!