2023-07-14

Bastille

(Roger-Viollet Agency)

A bilingual limerick for Bastille Day by Limerick bilingualist Gabriel Rosenstock


Come out now, come out one and all:
To tyrants no longer in thrall!
            Your leg give a shake
             For Liberty's sake -
Come out now for Bastille Day Ball!
                       ~
Seo linn le haghaidh Lá an Bastille
Taispeánaimis dóibh ár gcuid stíl'
           An tSaoirse go deo
           Fad a mhairfimid beo
Ó Bhleá Cliath go sean-Ros a' Mhíl!