Géibheann le Caitlín Maude

Géibheann study set

Rinne mé staidéar ar an dán Géibheann leis an bhfile mór le rá Caitlín Maude

I studied the poem géibheann bé the renouned port Caitlín maude

Chun Caitlín maude an dán fáthchiallach seo

Shé compoird an alegorical poem

Scríobh sí an dán cumhachtach seo freisin

Thís poem is also powerful

Sa chéad leath feictear ainmhí fíochmhar agus allta

In the first half a fierce and wild animal is seen

Da dará leath feictear ainmhí atá I ngéibheann

In the second half we see an animal in prison

Sá chead leath feictear ainmhí atá ina áit dhúchais

In the first half we see an animal in its natural place

Sa dara leath feictear ainmhí atá in umar na haimléise

In the second half an animal in seen in the depths of dispair

Ag deireadh an dán feictear creatlach ainmhí atá sáinnithe

At the end of the poem an trapped skeleton of an animal is seen

Tá codarsnacht chliste agus shoiléir idir na véarsaí

Thíre is a clever ann clear contrast between the verses

Tá comparáid shuimiúil le feiceáil

These is an interesting comparison seen

Is meafar leanúnach é mar go gcuireann sécruchás an fhile in iúl

It is a continuous metaphor as it expresses the predicament of the poet

Seasann an t-ainmhí do shaol an fhile

It stands for the life of the poet

Bhíodh sé ag búiríl sa choill fadó

He used to roar in the woods a long time ago

Bhíodh an t-ainmhí I gceannas sna teochreasa tráth

He used to be in control in the tropics once

Tá an t-ainmhí thíos I gcás iarainn anois

The animal is down in a iron cage now

Tá an t-ainmhí ag breathnú go lagmhisneach at an gcrainn aonraic

The animal stares desparfully at the single tree

Tá ganntanas saoirse ag an ainmhí cráite anois

Now there is a scarcity of freedom for the broken animal

Níl neart roghanna ag an bhfile tinn anois

There isn’t many choices for the sick poet

Goideadh

Was stolen

Sciobadh

Was ripped

Neamhspleáchas

Independence

Caitheadh insteach gan trua I zú

He was thrown without mercy into the zoo

Cuireadh isteach go cruálach in áit mhínadúrtha é an t-ainmhí

He was cruelly put in an unnatural place

Buaileadh le hailse I an file

The poet was hit with cancer

Is Ionann cás an ainmhí agus an fhile sa dán seo

It is the same situation for both the animal and poet

Teanntaithe

Trapped

Dimit

Dignity

Chonadh

Is seen