2013-04-11

Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin: Frog

Heqet le Djahuti
Frog

Frog ag machnamh mé
a shuíonn gan chorraí

ag sú focal ó shláthach
trí mo chraiceann tanaí.

Guím ar Heqet na hÉigipte,
bandia na bhfrog,

bandia na mban-chabhartha,
dánta mo chuid ubhán

a sheoladh slán
ina mbád beag páir ar an saol.



Frog

A meditating frog am I
sitting silently

sucking syllables muddily
through paper-thin skin

I pray to Heqet of Egypt
goddess of frogs

goddess of midwives
help them to float -

these slimy verses
in their tiny paper boat

(Translated by Gabriel Rosenstock)