Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

26 Poems ascribed to S. Moling
5.
Moling cecinit.
1 A bhen Graig is graccda sain . na cualaisi Graic do guin,
ni bá sochaidhe bus báeidh . re faidh in laigh fil fort muin.
2 INd uair roboi ag buain na ccaer . is ann fuair a
tliaeb do ghuin,
ro thuit anuas isin linn . ro tuit iarsin isin tein,
is ann ro bai in naedhedh nair . inbhail induaigh in
muic ndnibh.
3 Nocan ionmain lem do mac . a athair nirb andsa lem,
atlochar do Crist na ndrong . mar do faccaibh Grace
a chend.
4 Mor in gairtigudh rue uaim . tlies thuaidh is tiar ocus toir,
doroiclitis leis ina mail . scela na bidis im treibh.
5 Ba saeth lem a taebh do guin . ni fuir mar dorigne a ect,
noco torcair Grace robert . fuil na geilte ni ro tbecht.
6 Mo bennaclit uaim for in mac . noco ndech fo criaidh
[p. 55] mo bennacht-sa fair fo ced . ma
fand fat,
ro cliuirestair re Grace.
7 Bid ifernach eo brath . iar mbrath bidh edli indar lat,
damadh lemsa an mais nach saith . noclian fuiglibedh
maith a mhac.
8 Ba saeth lem a taebh do ghuin . a fuil ro bai ma
gae ngorm,
acht rob fer cottaig in caem . ra taeb no gairtiget orm.
mo
mo
9 Moch ro millis m' urnaigti .
mo shionnaigh, mo geltucán .
cuil is cannran mo cait,
dreolan o shlait do slait.
10 Truagh deabhaidh dorigensat . domhnach dar m' eisi
da nduaigh mo dréollán mo cuil . mo
eo prap,
dreollan ro caith
mo chat.