Géibheann le Caitlín Maude

sna tropaicí

sna teochreasa

to roar

Gáir

roaring

Ag buiríl

in captivity

i ngéibheann / i ndaoirse

Lonely tree

ar an gcrann aonraic

Its an allegorical poem

Is dán fáthchialltach é

It has a metaphorical meaning

Tá brí mheafarach ag baint leis

Cúlra de V1

I V1, feicimid ainmhí allta atá saor sna tropaicí, tá meas ag na hainmhithe eile air. Caitheann sé a laethanta ag buiríl agus ag seilg. Tá cáil ar a ailleacht.

Broken spirit

Spiorad briste

trapped

sáinnithe

Cúlra de v2

I v2 tá codarsnacht ghéar le feiceáil. Feicimid ainmhí éadochosach atá i ngéibheann sa zú.

despairing

Éadochasach

His freedom is lost.

Tá a saoirse caillte aige

He's bored, he has nothing to do except look at a single tree through one eye.

Tá leadrán air, níl aon rud le déanamh seachas féachaint ar crann amháin trí shiúl amháín.

He is lonely. He is now dependent on people. They help him but don't give him freedom.

Tá uaigneas air. Tá sé spleách ar daoine anois. Cabhraionn siad leis ach ní thugann siad saoirse dó.

Brón, uaigneas,

Na mothúcháin

reflecting

ag breathnú siar

the animal represents the poet

seasann an t-ainmhí don fhile

She was a passionate revolutionary person.

Ba dhuine paiseanta, réabhlóideach í

She was an actor in Dublin

Bhí sí ina haisteoir i mBÁC

She protested for Irish language rights.

B'agóidí í ar son cearta na Gaeilge.

She helped to set up gaelscoils

Chabhraigh sí gaelscoileanna a bhunú

The powerful animal represents a woman full of hope

Seasann an t-ainmhí cumhachtach seo do bhean atá lán le dóchas

hope

Dóchas

The animal's case and the poet's case changes in the second half of the poem.

Athraíonn cás an ainmhí agus cás an fhile sa dara leath den dán.

His energy is gone

Tá a fuinneamh imithe

On a deeper level, the poet's passion is lost.

Ar leibhéal níos deimhne tá paisean an fhile caillte aici.

She is confused about society's rules

Mothaíonn sí téamaithe ag rialacha an tsochaí

to promote

a chur chun cinn

Sick people are able to relate to this animal.

Bheadh daoine atá tinn in ann ionannú leis an ainmhí seo.

Two collections of her work, Dánta (1984) and Drama and Prose (1988) were published after she died.

Foilsíodh dhá chnuasach filíochta dá cuid, Dánta (1984) agus Dramaíocht agus Prós (1988) tar eis di bás a fháil.

Birth and Death.

Rugadh í i 1941 i gCasla, Conamara. Fuair sí bás le hailse i 1982.