{"id":108,"date":"2011-12-16T03:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2012-04-11T12:32:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T12:32:36","slug":"monagamas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?page_id=108","title":{"rendered":"Monagamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

i nGuag\u00e1n Barra.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Gougane<\/a><\/p>\n

Bh\u00ed p\u00f3sadh sa s\u00e9ip\u00e9al ar an oile\u00e1n,
\nthug an cloch foscadh don ch\u00fapla \u00f3 ch\u00e1itheadh an locha,
\nrinne siad a miongh\u00e1ire do na ceamara\u00ed
\nach n\u00ed raibh aon bhl\u00e1th ar an r\u00f3daid\u00e9andran.<\/p>\n

Dhruid na heala\u00ed i ngar d\u00fainn nuair a bhuaileamar na l\u00e1mha,
\nsh\u00edleamar an rud c\u00e9anna a athdh\u00e9anamh n\u00edos d\u00e9ana\u00ed
\nach thuig siad nach raibh ann ach fuaim gan cur leis,
\nsh\u00edn siad a muin\u00edl agus chas siad t\u00f3in orainn
\nagus dhoirt siad a gcinn faoin uisce
\nsaor \u00f3 chr\u00e1 na bhfuaimeanna gan bhr\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Is mar sin a ghreama\u00edonn siad le ch\u00e9ile
\ns\u00e1sta leis an leath\u00e9an c\u00e9anna
\nag triall i dtreo na s\u00edora\u00edochta,
\nmar t\u00e1 an t-uisce acu chun a smaointe a choime\u00e1d glan
\nagus cosa do-fheicthe ag tiom\u00e1int a gcro\u00edthe.<\/p>\n

MONOGAMY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At Gougane Barra<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>There was a wedding at the oratory of Saint Finbar,<\/p>\n

church stone shielded the couple from the lake\u2019s spray<\/p>\n

as they smiled their eternity into camera lenses,<\/p>\n

there were no blooms on the rhododendron.<\/p>\n

At the lake\u2019s edge the swans did not draw near when we clapped,<\/p>\n

they stretched their necks and turned<\/p>\n

on their timeless journey<\/p>\n

with water to keep their heads clear<\/p>\n

and unseen feet propelling constantly to drive their hearts.<\/p>\n

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i nGuag\u00e1n Barra. Bh\u00ed p\u00f3sadh sa s\u00e9ip\u00e9al ar an oile\u00e1n, thug an cloch foscadh don ch\u00fapla \u00f3 ch\u00e1itheadh an locha, rinne siad a miongh\u00e1ire do na ceamara\u00ed ach n\u00ed raibh aon bhl\u00e1th ar an r\u00f3daid\u00e9andran. Dhruid na heala\u00ed i ngar…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":90,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/234"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}