i love bugs
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: poetry corner |
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this is a translation of a ninth century Irish poem.
The Scholar and his Cat
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I and Pangur Bawn my cat,
Tis a little task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.
Better far than praise of men
Tis to sit with book and pen,
Pangur bears me no ill will ,
He too plies his simple skill.
Tis a merry thing to see
At our tasks how glad are we,
When at home we sit and find
Entertainment to our mind.
Oftentimes a mouse will stray
In the hero Pangurs way:
Oftentimes my keen thought set
Takes a meaning in its net.
Gainst the wall he sets his eye
Full and fierce and sharp and sly:
Gainst the wall of knowledge I
All my little wisdom try.
When a mouse darts from its den
O how glad is Pangur then;
O what what gladness do I prove
When I solve the doubts i love.
So in peace our tasks we ply,
Pangur Bawn , my cat and I
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.
Practice every day has made
Pangur perfect in his trade,
Iget wisdom day and night,
Turning darkness into light
 Bugs
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Frank
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I loved that poem Bugs. I agree with the poet's sentiment (who is the poet by the way?). We all find the greatest pleasure in the arts which interest us most. Whether it's music, reading or writing posts here ( ) we all know the magic feeling that comes with them.
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i love bugs
The Weatherman of Craggy Island
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: poetry corner |
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who was the poet ?
 someone called An Onymus Its over 1000 years old and was translated by Robin Flower . for Frank Q. Bawn is spelt ba(fada)n is there a fada on the keyboard? Bugs p.s I m not sure but i think there is a restaurant in Letterfrack called Pangur bawns.[/quote]
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