Farrera [28-29]

28. maidin ghlas
crobh iolair
tairneáilte sa doras


29. uan aonair ag méileach
an fhuaim
á seachadadh ag na sléibhte

written in the Catalonian Pyrenees, April 2003

© G.R.
unpublished manuscript,

Farrera [28-29]

28. chilly morning
an eagle’s talon
nailed to the door


29. a lone lamb bleating
the sound carried
from mountain to mountain

translated from the Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock