A Mháithrín, dá mba thar sáile a bhí sé
D'fhulaingeoinn an scarúint
Is mé ag feitheamh leis,
Ach sinn a bheith i dtithe ar leith
Sa bhaile céanna
Is measa é ná an bás
Mother, were he abroad
I'd bear the separation
Waiting for him,
But to live in separate houses
In the same village
Is worse than death
The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala
