Caitríona Ní Chléirchín
Scything
Once, a scythe
would be sharpened
with the scything stone
hidden
under the dresser
for fear
a child would make fragments of it.
Today, no scythe or scything stone remains
only the fragments of memory
Spealadóireacht
Spealadóireacht
Tráth, cuireadh
faobhar ar speal
le cloch faobhair
a cuireadh faoi cheilt
faoin drisiúr
ar eagla go ndéanfadh
leanbh conamar de.
Inniu, níl speal, ná cloch faobhair,
ná drisiúr a thuilleadh,
níl ach conamar na gcuimhní againn.
From: Crithloinnir
Publisher: Coiscéim, Dublin
Scything
Once, a scythe
would be sharpened
with the scything stone
hidden
under the dresser
for fear
a child would make fragments of it.
Today, no scythe or scything stone remains
only the fragments of memory
From: Crithloinnir
Scything
Once, a scythe
would be sharpened
with the scything stone
hidden
under the dresser
for fear
a child would make fragments of it.
Today, no scythe or scything stone remains
only the fragments of memory
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