Hey everyone! I'm new to the forum and def interested in learning Gaelic, but postponing my efforts while in grad school. In the meanwhile, I wanted to make a special Christmas gift - can someone please translate this for me in standard Irish? Thank you so much in advance for any help!! Megan

May you have
A world of wishes at your command

God and his angels close at hand

Friends and family their love impart,

And Irish blessings in your heart.

This is a toughie ... but I'll give it a shot anyway. Please wait for correction - and correctors please note the rhyme in the final line, is there any way to keep that?

Go raibh domhan lán-mianta ag do cheannais agat,
Dia agus a aingil ar do thaobh,
Go raibh agat cairde agus clann le grá istigh
Agus Beannachtaí Gaelach i do chroí.

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Nice work, a Thaoisigh. It is usually not easy to keep the rhyme in these things. Traditional Irish "rhyme" is more about agreement of main vowel sounds between lines than same sounding endings, although I haven't attempted to keep to those rules either.

A few points:

English "you" can be both singular and plural, but in Irish you have to choose. I agree with using the singular here as it is a written blessing and each person can then read it as if addressed to him or her individually.

In English we say "a world of ..." but I think the Irish idiom is an domhan ruda/de rud, i.e., an domhan oibre, an domhan sibhris, an domhan daoine, etc.

Clann means only "one's children or descendents", and doesn't include parents or other relations - cairde gaoil is a set expression that means "friends and relations". Otherwise, muintir or teaghlach would be preferable to clann.

I think Gaelach has to have a final -a in the plural, i.e., beannachtaí Gaelacha.

Tweaking Taoiseach's translation in light of the above, perhaps:

Go raibh:
An domhan mianta ag do cheannais agat,
Dia agus a aingil ar do thaobh,
Cairde gaoil ag tabhairt grá duit
Agus beannachtaí Gaelacha i do chroí.

Await further input ...

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