Téama

Grá Máthar (A Mother's Love)

Is é grá máthar an príomhthéama sa dán seo.	A mother's love is the main theme of this poem.
Tá grá máthar fite fuaite lena híomhá sa dán.	'A mother's love' is interwoven with the images in the poem.
Braithimid 'grá gan teorainn'.	We feel 'love with no limits'.
Is buachaill óg é Jeaic• níl sé ach sé bliana d'aois.	Jeaic is a young boy• he is only six years old.
Téann Jeaic agus a mháthair go dtí stad an bhus an chéad maidin tar éis na laethanta saoire.	Jack and his mother go to the bus stop the first morning after the holidays.
Ceapann an buachaill óg go bhfuil sé aosta go leor le fanacht ina aonar.	The young boy thinks he is old enough to wait on his own.

| Cé go bhfuil imní ag an mathár, tuigeann sí go bhfuil fonn ar Jeaic a bheith neamhspléach. | Although the mother is worried, she understands that Jeaic wants to be independent. | | Cuireann sí a mothúcháin ar leataobh. | She puts her feelings aside. | | Téann sí abhaile. | She goes home. | | Ach breathnaíonn sí amach an fhuinneog chun a bheith cinnte go bhfuil Jeaic ceart go leor. | But watches out the window to make sure that Jack is OK. | | Léiríonn sé seo a grá mór dó. | This shows her great love for him. |