Irish Translation Forum

giving blood, keeping faith

these are tool lyrics, btw. =]

thanks guys!

dontbearetardyo wrote:giving blood, keeping faith

these are tool lyrics, btw. =]

thanks guys!

Ag tabhairt fuil, ag fanacht dílis:

Giving blood, remaining faithful

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Redwolf

Redwolf wrote:Ag tabhairt fuil, ag fanacht dílis:

Giving blood, remaining faithful



Redwolf

Ag tabhairt fola, ag fanacht dílis.

Antóin wrote:

Redwolf wrote:Ag tabhairt fuil, ag fanacht dílis:

Giving blood, remaining faithful



Redwolf

Ag tabhairt fola, ag fanacht dílis.

I should know better than to second-guess myself. I wanted to say "fola," but I'd only ever heard it in this context after "cuid," so decided I must be wrong.

Note to self...next time go with gut.

Redwolf

Thank for your help. Any exact translations? This is for a tat down my spine and Id rather not settle on less than exact lyrics... Maynard James
Keenan would be upset w me!

dontbearetardyo wrote:Thank for your help. Any exact translations? This is for a tat down my spine and Id rather not settle on less than exact lyrics... Maynard James
Keenan would be upset w me!

Languages aren't codes for one another. "Exact," word-for-word correlations between languages almost never exist...you have to paraphrase. Irish expresses things quite differently from English, and uses a different syntax to boot. If the precise wording is that important to you, you'd do best to keep it in English.

Redwolf

Exact wording is only important to me because they're lyrics to a song that means a lot to me and will be tattoed down my spine. I will keep this translation after a few confirmations. Thank you again for your help. =]

Ag tabhairt fola, ag fanacht dílis

You won't get a more exact translation than this. It is good to go.