Rogha Gabriel: Juni 2023

2023-06-30

triúr manach

Ron Rosenstock

ina seasamh nocht

os comhair Rí na nDúl

triúr manach atá marbh

standing naked

before God

three dead monks

de pie desnudos

ante Dios

tres monjes muertos

(Leagan Spáinnise: Patricia Jiménez, Cósta Ríce)

2023-06-29

Golgatha

Vic Bakin

a cheannairí an domhain

is Golgatá

atá cruthaithe agaibh!

world leaders

you have created

a Golgotha!

2023-06-28

Comhchainteanna /Round table talks

leanfar

leis na comhchainteanna

amárach

round-table talks

scheduled to continue

tomorrow

Pictiúir - Vic Bakin

2023-06-27

Stork /Stoirc

Pictiúir - Vic Bakin

An Úcráin . . .

tá na stoirc sáite sa chogadh seo

chomh maith

Ukraine . . .

storks caught up in this war

as well

2023-06-26

Tree / Crann

to the roots

of a tree

expose your own roots!

do phréamha

an chrainn

nocht do phréamha féin!

2023-06-25

Luimneach /Limerick

Gabriel Rosenstock's bilingual limerick in praise of Louise Richardson, Dame Commander of the British Empire,

appointed by the Irish Government (sic!) as Chairperson of its Consultative Forum on International Security Policy.

will Ireland stay neutral - like the Swiss

or join NATO, then go on the piss?

it's being discussed at a Forum

with Hibernian decorum

and the Chair - she's a proper little Miss! *

* Dame Commander of the British Empire, Louise Richardson

Louise Richardson - Wikipedia

an bhfanfaimid ar nós na hEilvéise

nó bheith in NATO inár staicín áiféise

nárbh fhearr a bheith neodrach

a Louise, is a bheith spleodrach

mar a bhís-se fadó ins na Déise?

2023-06-24

An Deirfiúr / The Sister

The Sister is a bilingual limerick by Limerick poet Gabriel Rosenstock in praise of Kim Jong Un's likely successor, his sister.

now look who's coming along!

it's the sister - Kim Yo-jong

she's made of stern stuff

and she knows how to bluff

sure she'd blow us all up for a song

féach cé tá chugainn go luath

sí Kim Yo-jong í, an deirfiúr

tá sí dona go leor

bean nár shil riamh aon deoir

is tá gangaid inti, is fuath

2023-06-23

photo haiku

an féin istigh

cad atá ionat dá uireasa?

sliogán folamh

the inner self

what are you without it?

an empty shell

2023-06-22

haiga

night stroll

the moon lights up

a cat's eyes

siúlóid oíche

lasann an ghealach

súile an chait

haiga: kala ramesh

haiku tr: gabriel rosenstock

2023-06-21

haiga

peeling an onion...

how many layers before

i begin to understand

oinniún á scamhadh ...

a liacht sin sraith

sula dtuigim

haiga: kala ramesh

haiku tr: gabriel rosenstock

2023-06-20

Nílimse in ann a rá cé mise
           Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!
Nílim in ann mé féin a thabhairt orm féin
            Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!
Cé a fheiceann lem' shúilese?
Cén croí ionam atá ag bualadh?
Cé a análaíonn isteach is amach?
            Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!

Cé a labhrann lem' theangasa?
Cé a éisteann lem' chluasa-sa?
Cé a thuigeann le m'aignese?
      Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!

Cé a shiúlann leis na cosa seo?
Cé a bhlaiseann le mo bhéalsa?
Cé atá ag cogaint is ag slogadh?
           Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!

Cé a láimhseálann an saibhreas seo?
Cé a chaitheann uaidh é?
Cé a cheannaíonn is cé a dhíolann?
    Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!

Cén fáth a bhfuil beatha ionam?
Cad a dhein dearg mo shúile le deora?
Cén fáth an reiligiún seo, an creideamh seo?
   Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!

Seyyid Nizamoglu, éist leis seo:
Is ón Aon a thagann gach ní.
Báigh tú féin san áilleacht éachtach seo
          Tá iontas is deargiontas orm!

Seyyid Seyfullah Nizamoglu

(16ú hAois)

Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey

2023-06-19

Faic

faic!

níl faic in aon chor

le rá agam . . .

2023-06-18

Ganesh

Tanka (5-7-5-7-7 syllables) composed by Gabriel Rosenstock and chanted in Indo-Celtic style, accompanied by Derek Ball.

mo ghrá thú, Ganesh!
réiteoidh mise an tslí dhuit
is ní bheidh bac ort
    réitigh an bóthar domsa
    Shanti Shanti OM!

I love you, Ganesh!
let me remove obstacles
for You on Your path
      then remove my obstacles
      Shanti Shanti OM!

2023-06-17

Portmarnock / Port Mearnóg

Portmarnock

they come from the four corners

of the universe

Port Mearnóg

tagann siad as ceithre hairde

na cruinne

2023-06-15

Uncail Toby, Iascaire

Léaráid le Benjamin Rabier

Chuaigh Uncail Toby ag iascaireacht

agus ghabh sé iasc beag,

Ach tháinig iasc i bhfad níos mó ansin

agus d'ith sé é - SLOG SLOG!

2023-06-14

Prufrock

ar nós J. Alfred Prufrock

ina luí go fann ar chlár

grian ag éag

Senryu by Zen Monk Tanuki

2023-06-13

Dreap! Climb!

Climb!

Climb

To the top!

Dreap !

Dreap

Go dtí an barr!

2023-06-09

Grá agus Suan

Oilithreach mílítheach meanmnach mé a múnlaíodh

as dusta is dorchadas.

Eabhar leáite an mhaidneachain i m’inchinn,

dúil bhuartha ionatsa im’ chroíse.

Cogar i dtaobh na n-uaireanta corcra a thiocfaidh,

cogar faoin ngealshíoraíocht a d’imigh

Do mo mhealladhsa soir is siar is asam féinig.

Mo chreach! An ligfead mo scíth tamall

ar an talamh méith, nó taisteal siar

Chun na heabhar-shíoraíochta? Seasaim, moillím,

I m’oilithreach mílítheach meanmnach

a múnlaíodh as dusta is dorchadas.

Benjamin De Casseres (1873 -1945)

2023-06-08

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