2014-06-07

Ar an lá seo 7 Meitheamh

Ar an lá seo, 7 Meitheamh, 1917, rugadh an file Gwendolyn Brooks.

An Bhean Bhuile


Amhrán na Bealtaine ní chanfaidh mé.
Amhrán mar sin is cóir bheith aerach.
Fanfaidh mé go dtí mí na Samhna
Is canfad os ard laoi na léithe.

Fanfaidh mé go dtí mí na Samhna
Sin é an tráth a oireann domhsa.
Raghadsa amach ar oíche sheaca
Is canfad im’ ghósta.

Is stánfaidh na miondaoine orm:
“Féach mar atá an scéal–
An Bhean Bhuile ag canadh –
I mí na Bealtaine ní osclódh sí a béal!”

THE CRAZY WOMAN


I shall not sing a May song.
A May song should be gay.
I'll wait until November
And sing a song of gray.

I'll wait until November
That is the time for me.
I'll go out in the frosty dark
And sing most terribly.

And all the little people
Will stare at me and say,
"That is the Crazy Woman
Who would not sing in May."