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Simon Ó Faoláin

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Winnowing

Here we go, trying
to separate
the infinite possibilities of life
from the limited circumstances
we prefer.

At the last breath
none of us know
whether it was
the chaff
or the grain
that flew off in the wind.

© Translation: 2008, Simon Ó Faoláin
From: Anam Mhadra
Publisher: Coiscéim, Dublin, 2008

Ag Cáitheadh

Ag Cáitheadh

Seo linn ag iarraidh
féidirtheachtaí éigríochta an tsaoil
a scaradh ó
na cúinsí teoranta ab áil linn.

Ag an dé deiridh
n’fheadar aoinne againn
cioca é
an cháith nó
an gráinne
a scaoileadh le gaoth.

© 2008, Simon Ó Faoláin
From: Anam Mhadra
Publisher: Coiscéim, Dublin

Simon Ó Faoláin

Simon Ó Faoláin

(Ireland, 1973)

Simon Ó Faoláin was born in Dublin and raised in west Kerry. He trained as an archaeologist and has worked both in the private sector and as an academic, authoring and co-authoring several books on archaeology and Celtic Studies. He won the Colm Cille Prize in the years 2008 and 2010. His first collection, Anam Mhadra (A Dog's Soul), was published by Coiscéim in 2008, and won both the Glen Dimp...

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Winnowing

Here we go, trying
to separate
the infinite possibilities of life
from the limited circumstances
we prefer.

At the last breath
none of us know
whether it was
the chaff
or the grain
that flew off in the wind.

© 2008, Simon Ó Faoláin
From: Anam Mhadra
Publisher: 2008, Coiscéim, Dublin

Winnowing

Here we go, trying
to separate
the infinite possibilities of life
from the limited circumstances
we prefer.

At the last breath
none of us know
whether it was
the chaff
or the grain
that flew off in the wind.

© 2008, Simon Ó Faoláin
From: Anam Mhadra
Publisher: 2008, Coiscéim, Dublin

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