2018-07-17

Ocht a Chlog

Stuart Glazer

Ocht a Chlog

Tagann suipéar ar a cúig,
réalt an tráthnóna ar a sé,
tagann mo leannánsa ar a hocht -
tá a hocht i bhfad i gcéin

Conas a d'fhulaingeoinn an lá
mura mbeadh mo shúil
ag breathnú ar na snáthaidí
a thugann a hocht a chlog chugam

Sara Teasdale


Eight O'Clock

Supper comes at five o'clock,
At six, the evening star,
My lover comes at eight o'clock-
But eight o'clock is far.

How could I bear my pain all day
Unless I watched to see
The clock-hands laboring to bring
Eight o'clock to me.

Sara Teasdale