Note 15 — Chapter XXXVIII
Reading edition
In the original—
"Fuar liom an oidhche-se d'Aodh! Cúis tuirse troime a cith-bhraon! Mo thruaighe sin d'ár seise [i.e., caraid!] Nimh fuaire na h-oidhche-se.
Anocht is nimh lem' chridhe, Fearthar frasa teinntidhe, I gcómhdháil na gclá seacta Mar tá is orgráin aigeanta."
The literal meaning of this last verse, which may be profitably compared with Mangan's translation, is, "This night it is venom to my heart how the fiery showers are rained down, in the company of the frozen spikes; how it is, is a horror to the mind." The next verse is also worth giving.
"Do h-osgladh as ochtuibh neóil Doirse uisgidhe an aidheóir, Tug sé minlinnte ann a muir, Do sgeith an firmiminta hurbhuidh."
"There has been thrown open, out of the bosom of the clouds, the doors of the waters of the air. It has made of little linns a sea; the firmament has belched forth her destructiveness." The metre of the last line in this verse is wrong, for it contains nine not seven syllables.