Cliaraí
Leathan é mo chár
le gáire
domhain is ea mo bhráid
is binn
ceapann tú
nár iompraíos náire
agus pianta
le mo linn?
Toisc leathan é mo chár
le gáire
ní chloiseann tusa
scréach ná liú
cé aerach iad
mo chosa ag damhsa
gheobhadsa bás
nach dtuigeann tú
Minstrel Man
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song,
You do not think
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter,
You do not hear
My inner cry?
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing,
You do not know
I die?
Langston Hughes
