{"id":954,"date":"2020-06-16T11:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T10:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=954"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T10:48:24","slug":"lamentations-de-deirdre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/miscellaneous-breton-mythology\/laments-of-deirdre\/","title":{"rendered":"Deirdre&#039;s Lamentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deirdre, looking back at the lands of Alban, sang this lai:<br><br>Beloved is this eastern land,<br>Alba (<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/scottish-mythology-2\/\">Scotland<\/a>), with its lakes.<br>Oh that I don&#039;t have to leave her,<br>Unless it&#039;s to go with Naos!<br>Beloved are Dunfigha and Dunfin.<br>Beloved is the Dun that overlooks them.<br>Beloved is Inisdraiyen (Imstrynich?),<br>And beloved is Dun Sween.<br>The forest of the sea to which Ainnle was to come, alas!<br>I leave her forever<br>And Naos, on the Alban coast.<br>Glen Lay (Glen Luy?), I would sleep to his sweet whisper.<br>Fish and game, and the fats of cooked meats,<br>Such would be my food at Glen Lay.<br>Glenmassan! High is its wild garlic, beautiful its branches<br>I would like to sleep wide awake<br>above shaggy Invermasan.<br>Glen Etive! in which I put my first house,<br>Lovely were her groves at daybreak<br>When the sun hit Glen Etive.<br>Glen Urchay was my delight;<br>It is the straight valley with many crests.<br>Full of joy were his companions around Naos<br>At Glen Urchay.<br>Glendaruadh (Glendaruel?)<br>My joy with every man who belongs to him.<br>Sweet is the voice of the cuckoo<br>On the bending tree,<br>It is mild above Glendaruadh.<br>Beloved is Drayen at the Loud Shore!<br>Beloved is Avich (Dalavich?) with pure sand.<br>Oh if I couldn&#039;t leave the east<br>Unless he was to come with me!<br>Beloved<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deirdre, looking back at the lands of Alban, sang this lai: Beloved is that eastern land, Alba (Scotland), with its lakes. Oh... <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":210,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/954\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}