An tEarrach Thiar: English Translation

An tEarrach Thiar

Fear ag glanadh cré

De ghímseán spáide

Sa gciúneas shéimh

I mbrothall lae:

Binn am fhuaim

San Earrach thiar.

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Fear ag caitheadh

Cliabh dhá dhroim,

Is an fheamainn dhearg

Ag lonrú

I dtaitneamh gréine

Ar dhuirling bháin:

Niamhrach an radharc

San Earrach thiar.

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Mná i locháin

In íochtar diaidh-thrá,

A gcótaí craptha,

Scáilí thíos fúthu:

Támh-radharc síothach

San Earrach thiar.

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Toll-bhuillí fanna

Ag maidí rámha

Currach lán éisc

Ag teacht chun cladaigh

Ar ór-mhuir mhall

I ndeireadh lae;

San Earrach thiar.

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English translation of the poem 'An tEarrach Thiar':

Springtime in the West

A man cleaning clay

From the tread of a spade

In the gentle quiet

In the sultry heat of the day:

Sweet is the sound

In the Spring in the west.

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A man wearing

A basket on his back

And the red seaweed glistening

In the shining sun

On a white sandy beach:

Beautiful is the scene

In the Spring in the west.

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Women in little pools

In the low ebb tide

Their coats hoisted up,

Shadows cast beneath them:

A still and magical scene

In the Spring in the west.

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Hollow and faints strikes

By the oars

A currach full of fish

Coming to shore

On a golden and slow sea

At the end of the day.

In the Spring in the West.