Michael Davitt

An Fuacht

Idioma: irlandés

Traducciones: alemán (Der Frost)

An Fuacht

Cad eile ‘bheadh uaim sa tsaol:
cead teachta is imeachta
gan beann ar éinne

is an oíche ag titim le faobhar
is an sioc ag tuirlingt ón spéir
is an fuacht ag crapadh na réalt?

Cad eile ‘bheadh uaim sa tsaol:
bheith neadaithe isteach
fé charn blaincéadaí

is an sioc amuigh ina shuí
is an fuacht ag siúl timpeall an tí?
Cad eile ‘bheadh uaim sa tsaol:

muga breá tae le héirí gréine
is canta aráin agus im air
agus subh bhreá mhilis shú craobh

is an dúthaigh chomh bán le heala
is an lá chomh cruaidh le speal
is an intinn chomh geal is chomh géar?

Michael Davitt

* 20.04.1950, Cork, Irlanda
† 19.06.2005, Sligo, Irlanda

Michael Davitt was born in Cork in 1950 as son of an English mother and an Irish father neither of whom had any knowledge of Irish.

He developed a creative relationship with the language already in his early years at Primary school. He studied Celtic languages at University College Cork where he met his fellow poets Gabriel Rosenstock and Nuala Ní Dhomnhnaill. This group, called the Innti group after the magazine which Davitt edited until 1996 created a new vibrant movement in Irish poetry which was, at once, avant garde and rooted in Gaelic tradition. He has dedicated his working life to the regeneration of the language as a creative force at a time when the historic Gaeltacht has been in decline.

He worked as a reporter and presenter for the Irish radio station RTÉ.

In 1982 he published his first collection of poetry Gleann ar Gleann, shortly followed by the poetry collection Bligeard Bráide in 1983. His poetry has been deeply influenced by the Beat generation and by popular culture. Davitt’s poems show his favour for highly risky innovations with language and form. His poems have a wide-awake conscience that holds a mirror to contemporary Irish society. His poem Deora do Mheiriceá (Tears for America) is a response to September 11th. Davitt’s work has been described by fellow poet Louis de Paor as “a saluatary shock to the system”. His latest poetry collection Fardoras was awarded the Oireachtas Prize for Poetry.

All in all he has published six volumes of poetry. A selection of his poems Dánta 1966-1998 will appear later this year along with a collection of new poems.

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