an tEarrach Thiar

ciúnas shéimh

peaceful quiet

brothall

humid

fuaim

sound

cliabh

basket

droim

back

feamainn

seaweed

ag lonrú

glistening

niamhrach

bright and beautiful

radharc

sight

locháin

rock pools

scálaí

shadows

támhradharc síothach

peaceful sight

currach

boat

oileáin

island

le linn/i rith

during

d’airigh sé…uaidh

he missed

ba thearmann é an t-oileán dó

the island was a sanctuary to him

tírdhreadh

landscape

an tslí

the way

na heilimintí

the elements

slí maireachtála a bhaint amach

to make a living

ag obair as lámh a chéile

working together

ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine

no man is an island (SF)

shaol na tuaithe

country life

cur na mbarraí

planting crops

le linn an earraigh

during spring

fuaim dhioscánach

rasping sound

meirbh

humid

níl cíos, cás ná cathu

no bother

níl aon mhaistír

no master

binneas na bhfuaimeanna

sweetness of the sounds

hobair an fheirmeora

work of the farmer

luann

emphasise

cruatan

hardship

an t-anró

misery

fisiceach

physical

idéalach

idyllic

ag bailiú

collecting

leasú

fertiliser

leigheasanna

medecines

tagraíonn

refers to

déanann sé tagairt do

he makes reference to