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Amergin

This little boy reminds me of a modern day Amergin

On putting his right foot on the shore in Ireland the poet Amergin, one of the sons of Mil, the ancestors of the Gaels, spoke this rhapsody:


I am a wind on the sea
I am a wave of the ocean
I am the roar of the sea,
I am a powerful ox,
I am a hawk on a cliff,
I am a dewdrop in the sunshine,
I am a boar for valor,
I am a salmon in pools,
I am a lake in a plain,
I am the strength of art,
I am a spear with spoils that wages battle,
I am a man that shapes fire for a head.
Who clears the stone-place of the mountain?
What the place in which the setting of the sun lies?
Who has sought peace without fear seven times?
Who names the waterfalls?
Who brings his cattle from the house of Tethra?
What person, what god Forms weapons in a fort?
In a fort that nourishes satirists,
Chants a petition, divides the Ogam letters,
Separates a fleet, has sung praises?
A wise satirist.
He sang afterwards to increase fish in the creeks:
Fishful sea-
Fertile land-
Burst of fish-
Fish under wave-
With courses of birds--
Rough Sea-
A white wall--
With hundreds of salmon-
Broad Whale-
A port song-
A burst of fish.


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Brian McAllister29-Dec-2007 20:05
A well "balanced" shot. hehe
Guest 29-Dec-2007 15:59
beautiful image and poem and indeed good seen.
Johnny JAG29-Dec-2007 15:43
He didn't half waffle on! Lol.