Cé go bhfuil roinnt mhaith d'imeachtaí Sheachtain na Gaeilge anois ar athló nó ar ceal, is féidir linn go fóill a bheith ag léamh agus ag foghlaim linn. Seo dán i dtrí theanga, Béarla, Gaeilge agus Fraincís leis an bhfile, Patrick Kehoe.

Youth

Nostalgia, the very worst thing

You could imagine, rack and pinion;

Out in the morning and eat it

Rancid after last night's

Belly-full of cheap cognac.

Out again after dark,

Leaving the antiseptic hotel

In search of the old haunts,

The chant of dead voices,

The empty benches,

The vacant chairs,

The tolling of the laughing bells.

Óige

Cumha, tubaiste as cuimse

Id' chuimhne, crá croí;

Á alpadh ar maidin

Lofa i ndiaidh do sháith

De choinneac suarach na hoíche aréir

Ar seachrán arís le titim na hoíche

Amach ón óstán seasc

Sa tóir ar ghnáthóga ó chianaibh,

Dord na nguth in éag,

Cathaoireacha gan líonadh,

Cling na gclog gáireacha.

Jeunesse

Nostalgie, la pire des choses

Imaginables, indicible tourment ;

Errance du matin qu'elle accompagne,

Rance après la cuite de la veille

Au cognac à trois sous.

Errance de la nuit,

Laissant derrière soi l'hôtel aseptisé

A la recherche

Des vieux repaires d'autrefois,

De la mélopée des voix éteintes,

Irish translation Conchubhar Ó Crualaioch, French translation, Bríd Kehoe