Love
Eivlin a Ruin (Old Form)
Translated by George Sigerson (1907) · From Bards of the Gael and Gall (1907)
Fain would I ride with thee,
Eivlin a ruin;
Fain would I ride with thee,
Eivlin a riiin!
Fain would I ride with thee,
To Tirauli's tide with thee,
In hope to abide with thee,
Eivlin a ruin!
I'd spend kine with thee,
Eivlin a ruin!
Kine upon kine with thee,
Eivlin a ruin!
I'd walk the world so wide,
To win thee for my bride,
Never to leave thy side,
Eivlin a ruin!
"Wilt thou come, — wilt, thou stay?
Eivlin a ruin!
Wilt thou come, — wilt thou stay?
Earth's only boon!"
"I'll come, I will not stay!
I'll come, I will not stay!
I'll come, I will not stay!
But flee with thee soon!"
Cead mile failte, here!
Eivlin a ruin!
Cead mile failte, here!
Eivlin a ruin!
A hundred thousand welcomes dear,
Nine hundred thousand welcomes here,
O welcomes for ever here!
Eivlin a ruin!
Cite this poem
MLA
O'Daly, Carol. “Eivlin a Ruin (Old Form).” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carol-o-daly/2/.
Chicago
O'Daly, Carol. “Eivlin a Ruin (Old Form).” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carol-o-daly/2/.
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