An Casán Dearg
Tuigim
anois,
Is dóigh liom,
Ná fuil maith
Dom
Sa chásán
a dheargaíos
go doras
Do thí
gan tú
ar a cheann
Ná
ar a bhun.
Ní fheadar
anois
cad a thug mé
Fiú
ar teachtaireacht
Nach cuimhin liom,
Im strainséar
ar eachtra
I dtír aineoil an chroí.
The Red Path
I know now,
I think,
how wayward my way,
Worn red
To the door
of your house
When you are
No longer
at either end.
Now I even wonder
Why I came,
For what unremembered
Message,
a stranger
In the uncharted land
of the heart.