Farrera [1-3]

1. gaotha ag éag –
cosán sléibhe tréigthe
’dtí an seanséipéal


2. timpeallaithe
ag cama an ime –
nach stuama é an capall


3. gile Aibreáin
deireadh an tsneachta
á fhógairt ag an bhfiach

written in the Catalonian Pyrenees, April 2003

© G.R.
From: unpublished manuscript

Farrera [1-3]

1. dying winds –
faint mountain path
to a disused church


2. surrounded
by so many buttercups
how sober – the horse


3. April sunshine –
the raven announces
the end of the snows

translated from the Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock