messe ocus pangur bán

Messe ocus Pangur Bán. Caraim-se fós, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur bán, caraid cesin a maccdán. Ó ru biam, scél cen scís, innar tegdais, ar n-óendís, táithiunn, díchríchide clius, Practice every day has made. Old Irish; verse; Early Irish poetry; Initial words (verse) Messe ocus Pangur Bán; Author. And here it is in the original language for you scholars out there: PANGUR BÁN. Manuscripts St. Paul im Lavanttal, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 86a/1 = Reichenau Primer [s. ix in] f. 1v.25–39. I and white Felix, each of us two (keeps) at his specialty: his mind is set on hunting, my mind on my special subject. Anon. En la casa, sin boato, yo y Pangur Bán, mi gato, cada uno por su parte afinamos nuestras artes. Caraimse fos, ferr cach clú oc mu lebrán, léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur bán: caraid cesin a maccdán. (c. 800 Old Irish poem) Messe [ocus] Pangur bán, cechtar nathar fria saindán; bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirdd Caraim-se fós, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur bán, caraid cesin a maccdán. Messe ocus Pangur Bán, cechtar nathar fri saindán: bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im sainchaeirdd. Messe ocus Pangur Bán, cechtar nathar fria saindan bíth a menmasam fri seilgg mu menma céin im saincheirdd. Messe [ocus] Pangur bán, cechtar nathar fria saindán; bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirdd. 1. Messe ocus Pangur bán, cechtar nathar fria shaindán: bíth a menmasam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im shaincheirdd.

Pangur Bán's gender isn't specified in the film, but in the original poem the cat is male.

Version by W.H. Ó ru biam, scél cen scís, innar tegdais, ar n-&oeacute;endís, táithiunn, díchríchide clius, Caraim-se fos, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán, léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur Bán: caraid cesin a maccdán. Pangur Bán (versión en gaélico) Messe [ocus] Pangur bán, cechtar nathar fria saindán; bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirddCaraim-se fós, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur bán, caraid cesin a maccdán.Ó ru-biam ­ scél cén scis ­ innar tegdias ar n-oéndis, Orubiam scél cen scís innar tegdais ar noendís taithiunn dichrichide clius ni fristarddam arnáthius.

Turning darkness into light. Also the pun on `máistir' / `messe' in the last line. Gregory Toner has argued that the cat functions as a metaphor for the poet’s scholarly activity and thus this poem, like many other medieval Irish compositions, is a sophisticated reflection on God’s creativity (‘Messe ocus Pangur Bán: Structure and Cosmology’, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 57 … 2. Ó ru biam, scél cen scís, innar tegdais, ar n … Messe ocus Pangur Bán, cechtar nathar fri saindán: bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirdd; Caraim-se fos, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán, léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur Bán: caraid cesin a maccdán. 4. Pangur Ban, my cat, and I; In our arts we find our bliss, I have mine and he has his. Messe ocus Pangur bán The scholar and his cat Anonymous c.850AD This poem is written in an antique and Latinised Gaelic - note `Messe' and its relationship to Latin `me ipse' and its relationship to the modern Irish `mise'. 3. anonymous monk of Reichenau monastery. Ó ru-biam ­ scél cén scis ­ innar tegdias ar n-oéndis, táithiunn ­ dichríchide clius ­

Here is the first verse in the original Old Irish - Messe ocus Pangur bán,