rowanbeef wrote:
Dia dhaoibh!
I'm trying to translate a sentence into Irish. I need to carve it on a gift which I'm making for my wife's birthday.
The sentence is:
"To my beautiful Erin, may all our adventures bring us joy, wealth and dragons."
(she is a big Hobbit fan, hence the wealth and dragons)
I have tried my hand and come up with these two translations, neither of which I am completely positive what I am saying:
A mo Erin álainn, d'fhéadfadh ár n-eachtraí a thabhairt dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.
nó...
A mo Erin álainn, go thabhairt ár n-eachtraí dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.
I'm specifically having trouble with the "may all our adventures" part.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Tim
A mo is impossible
Either
A Erin (just as an address, without m' = my)
or
Do m’Erin ((This is) for my Erin)
may ... is rendered in Irish with go + subjunctive mood:
go dtuga X Y dúinn / chugainn = "may X bring us Y"
But I’d rather use the verb
bain as here:
go mbaine muid Y as X = lit. "may we extract Y out of X"
A Erin álainn, go mbaine muid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uilig!or in Standard Irish:
A Erin álainn, go mbainimid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uile!