An Mhaighdean Mhara Bheag / The Little Mermaid

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Nuair a d'fhás sé dorcha lasadh roinnt lampaí daite</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>When it grew dark a number of colored lamps were lighted</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>rinne na mairnéalaigh agus an teaghlach ríoga rince go suairc ar an deic</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the sailors and royal family danced merrily on the deck</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Ní fhéadfadh an mhaighdean mhara bheag cabhrú le smaoineamh ar a lá breithe</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The little mermaid could not help thinking of her birthday</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>an lá a d'éirigh sí as an bhfarraige don chéad uair</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the day that she rose out of the sea for the first time</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>ceiliúradh a leithéid de fhéilte lúcháireacha an lá sin</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>similar joyful festivities were celebrated on that day</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>smaoinigh sí ar an iontas agus an dóchas a bhraith sí an lá sin</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>she thought about the wonder and hope she felt that day</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>leis na cuimhní taitneamhacha sin chuaigh sí isteach sa rince freisin</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>with those pleasant memories she too joined in the dance</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>ar a cosa pianmhar shuigh sí í féin san aer</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>on her paining feet she poised herself in the air</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>an chaoi a n-iompaíonn fáinleog é féin agus é sa tóir ar chreiche</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the way a swallow poises itself when in </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>pursuit </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>of prey</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>chuir na mairnéalaigh agus na seirbhísigh gean uirthi go hiontach</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the sailors and the servants cheered her wonderingly</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Ní raibh sí ag rince chomh galánta sin roimhe seo</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>She had never danced so gracefully before</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Mhothaigh a cosa tairisceana amhail is dá mba gearrtha le sceana géara</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Her tender feet felt as if cut with sharp knives</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>ach is beag a thug sí aire do phian a cosa</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>but she cared little for the pain of her feet</span></p><p></p>