What is "the free bird flies alone" in irish?

FriendXY · 20-03-2012 10:44PM #1

Hello!

I've being trying to translate the sentence "the free bird flies alone" with different web pages, but the results don't convince me, becouse it is translated to "cuileoga an t-éan saor in aisce ina n-aonar" wich i think means literally "the bird flies free of charge alone". Can someone enlighten me?

Thank you!

Kayly · 20-03-2012 10:55PM

"Eitlionn an t-ean saor ina n-aonar" (fada on the second i in first word and the e in ean.

mr chips · 20-03-2012 11:36PM

I'm guessing this is for a tattoo? You may prefer this:

"Eitlíonn an t-éan saor leis féin."
You'd need the three fadas and the hyphen for it to be correct.

I tend to think of "i m'aonar/ina aonar" etc as being slightly different from "liom féin/leis féin" - hard to explain why, but it's sort of the difference between happening to have no company around you vs choosing to be alone/independent. This difference may only exist in my own head!!

If you prefer the version above, it would just be "ina aonar", rather than "ina n-aonar", which would be the plural version. You're correct that "saor in aisce" means free in the sense of being free of charge.

Micilin Muc · 23-03-2012 06:18PM

FriendXY wrote: »

Hello!

I've being trying to translate the sentence "the free bird flies alone" with different web pages, but the results don't convince me, becouse it is translated to "cuileoga an t-éan saor in aisce ina n-aonar" wich i think means literally "the bird flies free of charge alone". Can someone enlighten me?

Thank you!

"Cuileoga" are flies, as in bluebottles. Nothing to do with the verb "to fly"!

What is "the free bird flies alone" in irish?

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