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1. Taibret duit[1] a coibsena
co diúít is co léir,
ní gaba a n-almsana,
mina bet dit’ réir.
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1. Let them make their confessions to thee
Sincerely and earnestly.
Do not take their alms
Unless they do thy will.
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2. Cia gaba a n-edperta,[2]
nip mór lat a serc,
amail bíd teine beṫ fort,
forndáile[3] fót nert.
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2. Though thou take their offerings,
Let not their love be great with thee;
As it were fire that were on thee,
Scatter them (to those) under thy power.
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3. Dosmbéra do áigedaib,
cid trén nó cid trúag,
dosmbéra do boċtaib,
ó ná fríṫ[4] a lúag.
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3. Thou shalt give them to guests,
Be they powerful or be they wretched;
Thou shalt give them to the poor,
From whom no reward for it is found.
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4. Dosmbéra do ṡenóraib,
do ḟedbaib—ni brec—[5]
nís-taibre do ṗecṫaċaib
lasm-bé imut sét.
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4. Thou shalt give them to old men,
To widows no falsehood.
Do not give them to sinners
That have store of wealth.
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5. Cin ḟáilti, cin ḟolabra,
co cennsai, co cói,[6]
co n-dílgud[7] caċ ancride,
fil, bias, ro bói.[8]
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5. Without loud joy, without murmuring,
With meekness, with lamenting,
With forgiveness of every wrong,
That is, that will be, that was.
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6. Co síṫ fri caċ coibnesam;
co n-imecla máir,
co fáisitin dúalaċ,
tráṫ[9] tiagar do láim.
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6. With peace towards every neighbour,
With great fear,
With proper confession
When one goes to absolution.
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7. Dá ċét sleċtain fri biait
caċa dia do grés,
na trí cóicait do gabáil,
ni foráil[10] in bés.
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7. Two hundred genuflexions at the Beati,
Every day continually
The three fifties thou must sing—
The custom is not too heavy.
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8. Mad áil duit co mét in gráid
fo mám Spirda glain,
ní cotla[ocus] ní luingi
la túaṫaib i taig.
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8. If thou wishest with great love
To be under the yoke of the pure Spirit,
Do not sleep and do not eat
With lay-people in a house.
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9. Ní raib serc mór[11] at’ ċridi
aċt serc Dé namá,
uair is glan in corp dia téiġ,
bat glan[12] no téis da.
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9. Let there be no great love in thy heart,
Save love of God only;
Since pure is the body to which it goes,
Purely shalt thou go to Him.
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10. Neċ ná comallad in so
’san scriptúir fofúar,[13]
ní sacart, is eċtaire,
is tairmṫeċta[id] trúag.[14]
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10. Whoso fulfilleth not this,
Which in the Scripture I found,
He is not a priest, he is an outlaw,
He is a wretched transgressor.
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