String Quartet
String Quartet
le Michael Davitt
Triúr veidhleadóir
agus cailín an veidhlín mhóir
suite i bhfáinne
solais …
Mozart …
Nótaí ag imeacht leo go ciúin
ar aon bhóithrín smaointeach
amháin …
Bartok …
Nótaí ag teacht le chéile
is ag scaipeadh arís
róscaipthe dom chluais
dhaonna …
Caitheann fear magaidh
biorán ar an urlár
le teann fiosrachta …
Ceangal
Is é is lú a thuigeann
fonn-magaidh-cheal-tuisceana
ná an fear magaidh (cheal tuisceana)
a thuigeann …
Feabhra 1969
String Quartet
by Michael Davitt
A trio of violinists
and a small girl with a cello
arranged in a circle
of light …
Mozart …
Notes drift quietly
as from a pensive
lane …
Bartok …
Notes come together
and scatter again
too scattered for the
human ear …
The mocking man wears
spikes on the floor
out of sheer curiosity …
Look over there,
the filth …
Coda
We know less
wistful-mocking-wanting-wise
than the mocking man (who lacks wisdom)
knows …
February 1969
Go maith! I’ve done my worthwhile bit for the Irish language today; I’ll probably stop at Merlin’s Rest on my way home for a cúpla piontaí (if it’s not too full of amateurs) before the 2nd grade pot luck; I find PTO activities are so much more enjoyable after a Guinness…
