hello all,

this is a poem written by a family member. they had asked me to see if i could gett it translated to gaelic so i thought i would try out this forum since i had such great luck with it before. anyway here it is and thank you for your time.

till it bleeds

I see nothing good in my life
Wanting to believe in something
I look beneath the surface
All I find is blood and pain
But even the pain seems surreal
Only the crimson blood stain remains
Pain after pain they all bleed together
Blood given and blood spilt
I have no more to give


so there it is. it maybe a little dark but it does fit their personallity
thank you again

Alright, I'll give this a shot... keep in mind that I'm not fluent, and this needs correction from better people than myself, especially where grammar is concerned. Also, this is a very literal version of what you've posted ... it's almost word for word.


Ní fheicim aon rud deas i mo shaol
Ag iarraidh rud a chréid
Breathnaím faoin dromchla
Faighim ach fola is pian
ach tá an pian fiú osréalaíoch
an smál fhola dearg amháin fágha
Pian agus pian ag cur fola le chéile
fola tugtha agus fola doirte
níl aon fágtha agam a thabairt.

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Mistakes and modifications underlined. Wait for it to be checked by someone else. Can a grammar buff confirm for me that fuil doesn't lenite a past participle, as above, due to it beings a DNTLS situation? GRMA

That's a lot of corrections

Go raibh maith agat, a chara.

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Tá fáilte romhat No doubt there are still one or two there, though

Ní fheicim 'dhath atá maith 'mo shaol
Díth orm creideamh i rud éigin
Breathnaím faoin dromchla
Níl ann ach fuil agus pian
Ach is cosúil an pian le haisling
Níl fágtha ach smál corcairdhearg na fola
Pian ar phian, doirtíonn siad fuil mar aon
Fuil tugtha is fuil doirte
Níl a thuilleadh fágtha agam daoibh.

Corrections always welcome

Ní bhfaighim...

that's the most glaring

an phian
aon fhuil

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Can't seem to edit. Also didn't translate title - Go gcuireann sé fuil

Just trying to understand my mistakes here, and I think most of them are fairly obvious/basic errors, but perhaps someone could confirm.

(1) Using chréid instead of chreidiúint, incorrect tense.
(2) Ní bhfaighim ach ... instead of Faighim ach ... Would I be correct in saying that's I get nothing but vs. I get but... ?
(3) tá cuma osréalaíoch ar an bpian fiú amháin I'm guessing this is a more correct way to phrase the sentence.
(4) Níl fágtha ach smál fola dhearg I assume this is correction of béarlachas & the same for the next line.
(5) Using the genitive fola instead of fuil
(6) Correction of incorrectly phrased sentence ... a thabhairt in aghaidh le tabhairt agam

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