Biddy Jenkinson

Crannchur

Language: irish

Translations: german (Das Baumlos)

Crannchur

Sa dairchoill idir chamáin chrann
le coimheascar lae
luíomar gan chraiceann seal
sa chríonach méith.
Chuireamar préamha geala fúinn
is chuaigh le craobh
gur deineadh crainn
faoi lánduilliúr
dínn araon.

Scar an t-uabhar daonna linn
mar d’éireodh éan.
Bhraitheas gluais na coille ag rith
inár leagan séimh
is idirshnámh ár ngéag teann
le gus an tsaoil.

Dhein crainn na coille rothalchleas
faoi bhroideadh gaoithe.
Chuireadar a gcinn i gcré
le teacht na síne
is chrochadar a bpréamha in airde
ag maslú Geimhridh.

Leanaimis sampla ár gcomhchrann ar theacht don oíche.
Seasaimis béal fúinn sa chré, beag beann ar dhaoine
ag deochadh linn faoi mhúr duilleog
go soilbhir simplí
is sneachta caoin ag cigilt
ár mbarraicíní.

Biddy Jenkinson

photo © gezett.de

* 01.01.1949, Ireland
lives in: , Ireland

Biddy Jenkinson (a pseudonym) was born in 1949.

Although she is one of the most inspiring Irish language poets of the present day her personal identity remains generally unknown. She writes poetry and her poems have been published in several anthologies such as Dàn na hUidhre (1991) and Roghà Dànta (1999). She writes short stories as well which were published in the collection An Grà Riabhach (1999). She has also published a play called Mise, Subhò agus Maccò. She seeks to recreate a sense of the sacral world of nature and women's role in sustaining it. She writes all of her work in Gaelic and prefers that they are not translated into English as a gesture signifying that everything in Irish cannot be “harvested and stored” without loss in English. She is, at present, editor of Egise Eireann / Poetry Ireland Review.

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