Faoi Dheireadh Thiar Faoi Dheireadh Thiar – gníomh a do (tuilleadh)
At Long Last (continued)
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MÁIRÍN: An mí-adh mór a stór… ‘Grá mo chroí thú, a Mháirín.’ B’in é an focal deiridh a dúirt sé isteach i mo chluais. Muid ag pógadh a chéile sa gcarr théis a bheith ag damhsa sa Seapoint — ní raibh aon chead a dhul níos faide sul má bheifeá pósta ag an am sin. Muid ag cogarnaíl go [d.l. 61] grámhar i gcluasa a chéile, ag gealladh gur in ascaillí a chéile a chaithfeadh muid an chuid eile dar saol. Ní hé an chaoi ar iarr sé orm an bpósfainn é ach gur shocraigh an bheirt againn le chéile go raibh sé in am againn bualadh faoin saol théis cheithre bliana a chaitheamh ag cuirtéireacht. Éanlaith an aeir a mheabhraigh dhúinn go raibh sé ina bhreacadh lae sul má d’fhág sé slán agam. Bhí sé théis carr nua a cheannacht agus muid ag samhlú go raibh bóthar an tsaoil chomh fada leis an tsíoraiocht amach romhainn, ach ni raibh an tsíoraiocht i bhfad ó bhaile. Bhí cupla deoch ólta aige ach níor mheas mé go raibh stró ar bith air, marar ina chodladh a thit sé. “Grá mo chroí thú, a Mháirín,” an focal deiridh a duirt sé. Maraíodh ar an mbealach abhaile é. Ag casadh Aíll na Caróige. D’imigh sé den bhóthar. Bunoscionn a fritheadh é fhéin is an carr ar maidin.
MÁIRÍN: A great misfortune, my dear… ‘My heart loves you, Máirín.’ It was the last word he said into my ear. We were kissing each other in the car, after dancing in Seapoint — There was no permission to go further than that before you were married at that time. We were whispering lovingly in each other’s ears, promising that we would spend the rest of our lives in each other’s arms. It wasn’t the way he asked me to marry him, but that the two of us agreed together that it was time for us to meet life ogether after spending four years courting. Birds of the air reminded us that it was daybreak before he left me. It was after buying a new car and we imagined that the road of life before us was as long as eternity, but eternity was not far from home. He had a couple of drinks but I don’t think he was stressed at al, if he had not fallen asleep. “You are the love of my heart, Máirín,” the last word he said. He was killed on the way home. Turning the Cliff of the Crow. He went off the road. He and the car were found upside down in the morning.
cogarnaíl cogarnach1, f. (gs. -aí). 1. grámhar Loving, tender, affectionate; Lovable, amiable. ascaill armpit f éanlaith birds, fowl f meabhraigh Commit to memory; remember; Recall, remind …. breacadh an lae daybreak samhlú Imagination, fancy m síoraíocht eternity f meas Estimate, value, judge; deem, consider v, m stór Store; Stock, provision; Abundance; treasure m stró Stress, exertion; aill Cliff, precipice f caróg crow f gs caróige Bunoscionn Upside down
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