Irish Translation Forum

Hello,

I would like this phrase translated into Gaelic/Irish. I promised my brother in-law I would get it for him. Thanks in advance for all your help! Take Care...

Fillean an feall ar an bhfeallaire

Literally, the foul returns to the fouler.

khublei wrote:Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire

Literally, the foul returns to the fouler.

nothing wrong with that apart from spellingbut i've always found that saying was a bit negative, here's a more neutral one in my opinion

rothaí an tsaoil, ní stadaid ach ag casadh
the wheels of the world, they never stop turning.

scoobytyson wrote:

khublei wrote:Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire

Whoops, pardon me!

Thank you. Is there a literal translation for "What goes around comes around" ? Should the word Fileann have 2 N's. The saying:It can be positive or negative depending what you put out there. Thanks again

Ryansdaughter wrote:Thank you. Is there a literal translation for "What goes around comes around" ? Should the word Fileann have 2 N's. The saying:It can be positive or negative depending what you put out there. Thanks again

There should be 2 Ns and 2 Ls in filleann.

The Irish phrase filleann an feall... has negative connotations only. You couldn't use it to say one good turn deserves another or similar.

A literal translation in Irish would be pretty meaningless. Even in English the phrasing seems a bit odd, to me anyway. It's pretty much known and accepted in Ireland as a phrase now, but not so long ago it would have been seen as an odd Americanism that wouldn't have been automatically understood.
Here goes anyway: An rud a théann timpeall, tagann sé timpeall.

ABN: Mar a chuireann duine an síol is ea a bhainfidh sé an fómhar.

casann an roth...the wheel turns

tamall chughat, tamall uait...a time coming(towards you), a time leaving/ going (away from you)

imeacht 's teacht go deo...coming and goings forever

Ní bhíonn tuile ná trághann...there's no flood that doesn't ebb.

Níl aon bhanna ná dtagann a dháta...there is no bail whose day doesn't come

Dá fhaid é an lá tagann an oíche fé dheoidh..no matter how long the day night eventually comes

Is iomdha/iomaí lá i mbliain 's fiche,
Is níl lá acu san ná tigeann....There are many days in 20 years, not one of those days will fail to arrive

I got this in Krugers one night from an ole fella..

Trí ghlúin ó rí go rámhainn,
Trí ghlúin ó rámhainn go rí,
Níl uaisle ná ísle,
ach thuas seal agus thíos seal.
Bí uasal iseal id shaol.

Three generations from being a king to the loy (tool for turf cutting)/ being a peasant
three generatilons from being a peasant to a king,
there are neither noblemen nor peasants
but up for a while and down for a while.
Be noble and common together...ie treat everyone the same and always be yourself

Casann an taoide, 's casann sé thar nais..the tide turns and then it turns again

mar a lagann an tráigh, líonann tráigh eile...as one tide ebbs another fills

nuair ná fuil luas ar an linn tá rabharta in áit eile...when there is no ripple on the pond there is a storm somewhere else

Ní raibh feall riamh ná fillfeadh...there was never a wrongdoing that didn't revisit