Irish Translation Forum

ag dul a chodladh
na súile dhearga oscailt
damhán alla orm

as i fall asleep
with my red eyes wide open
spiders on my face

The busy spider
Swells with global ambitions
Weaves a wordwide web


Damhán alla beag
Le h-uaillmhian an-mhór aige
An damháin domhanda

an damhán alla seo
atá a dhamháin ag leathnú
cad is ainm dó

this little spider
whose web is growing wider
what could his name be

dúirt duine éigin
má tá cuma faisist air
'sin is faisist é

someone once told me
if it smells like a fascist
then it's a fascist

is rúndiamhair í
beidh fhios againn den thoit bhán
go bhfuil pápa nua ann

it's a mystery
we will learn from the white smoke
that there's a new pope

ag siúl sa domhan
d'fhionn mé nach bhfuil ionam ann
ach fíor-amaid

travelling the world
i thought i was exotic
but i'm just a schmuck

gabhal dhá bhóthar
an cosán dearg nó saol eile
d'fhill mé abhaile

a fork in the road
not knowing which path to take
i turned and went home

amuigh is ag siúl
duilliúr ag foluain thart
lachain ar eitleog

out walking alone
with the floating leaves and grass
ducks take off and fly

Oh my goodness, I completely forgot about this post I'm loving the haikus guys

saucy, yes

Oh, God, there you are again!

Yeah, I drifted out of the S&M of haiku. It was a cleansing thing for a while. I tried to express reactions to events here as a way of relief - like taking a piss on the PM's lawn - a great deal of satisfaction in it really.

tá sí ar ais 'rís
leis an gáire deas uirthu
is le deadhéanamh

she's come back again
the girl with the wicked smile
and body to match

Esran and MQ,

I hope you don't mind. I posted this part of your poetry as haiku with minor changes to fit the pattern of haiku, inspired after MQ's comment.

geala 's séimhuaine
ag amharc ar m'anam féin
ag nochtadh mo neach

light and lovely green
your eyes pierce into my soul
exposing my being

an ionann é an
anam 's an rud a shílim 'sé
cad é an fhírinne

truly i wonder
is the essence of my soul
what i think it is?