2020-05-31

Matisse

tá mo chroí á dhó, a shearc,
uiscí na Séine
ní fhuaródh é
        dá n-aimseoinn paidir ina luaith
        scrábálfainn ar chosáin í
my heart burns, beloved,
waters of the Seine
cannot cool it
        could I find but the ashes of a prayer
        i'd scrawl it on footpaths