Love
Is Truagh Gan Mise I Sasana
Translated by Thomas MacDonagh (in Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael, 1913) · From The Poem-Book of the Gael (1913)
'Tis a pity I'm not in England,
Or with one from Erin thither bound,
Out in the midst of the ocean,
Where the thousands of ships are drowned.
From wave to wave of the ocean
To be guided on with the wind and the rain--
And, O King! that Thou might'st guide me
Back to my love again!
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MLA
Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “Is Truagh Gan Mise I Sasana.” Translated by Thomas MacDonagh. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/48/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “Is Truagh Gan Mise I Sasana.” Translated by Thomas MacDonagh. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/48/.
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