Nirmala Putul
Leanbh sléibhe -blogh den sliabh -
ag spraoi in ucht an tsléibhe
Ina lapadán suas an sliabh
a chosa á leagan aige ar chré an tsléibhe
chun éirí mar shliabh
i gcríoch na sléibhte
Maireann an sliabh iomlán
istigh sa leanbh sléibhe
agus cónaíonn an leanbh sléibhe anseo is ansiúd
in ucht an tsléibhe
Feiceann an leanbh sléibhe
eitleán ag eitilt os cionn an tsléibhe
Is fiafraíonn dá athair -
cén t-éan é sin?
Mountain Child
The mountain child —
a fragment of the mountain —
plays in the lap of the mountain
Toddling up the mountain
he plants his feet in the mountain soil
to rise like a mountain
in the land of mountains
The whole mountain
lives inside the mountain child
And in the lap of the mountain
lives the scurrying mountain child
The mountain child sees
a plane flying over the mountain
And he asks his father —
What is that bird?
