Fianna/Deer

Fianna

fianna
gan choinne
is líontar an réiteach lena ngile

murach airdeall na bhfianna
bheadh brat dorchadais ar an domhan

an fhuaim is lú –
cipín briosc á scoilteadh –
taifeadta do na glúine a thiocfaidh

éist, sceithfidh ár gcartlanna
fianna ar fán san fhoraois

Deer

suddenly
there are deer
and the clearing fills with light

were it not for the alertness of deer
the world would be in darkness

the littlest of sounds –
a dry twig cracking –
recorded for posterity

listen, all our archives will crumble
deer roam freely in the forest