Literal Translation of the Poems
Thirty Cobhtach, thirty Cond,
thirty—all dark men—named Corpre,
thirty Falbe, thirty Fland,
a fair thirty named Oengus.
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of the eager men of hero strength and valour
there is no one that knows the end,
they were all in weakness.
All these—mighty was the clamour
through the shrieks of the followers with heavy
terror—
round their lords who fought the fight
they in that hour are fallen.
A prelude to the fair Tain bo Cualgne,
it will be for an enlargement of the combat,
and from the vision originates
the death of Mani More, the son of Maev.
Great the deeds that therefrom arise
though the vision was terrifying;
Gerg fell with his host,
the lusty lord of hospitality.
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