Editing Codex Boernerianus (section)

== The Old Irish Poem in the Codex Boernerianus ==
On [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA%20012/012_069.jpg folio 23 verso] at the footnote written Irish verse which refer to making a pilgrimage to Rome: 

: Téicht do róim [téicht do róim] 
: Mór saido becic torbai 
: Inrí chondaigi hifoss 
: Manimbera latt ni fog bai. 

: Mór báis mor baile 
: Mór coll ceille mór mise 
: Olais aurchenn teicht dóecaib 
: Beith fó étoil maic Maire. 

[[File:Irish Verse in Codex Boernerianus.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Below biblical text Irish verse (three lines)]]
[[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener's]] translation: 

: To come to Rome, to come to Rome, 
: Much of trouble, little of profit, 
: The thing thou seekest here, 
: If thou bring not with thee, thou 
:: findest not. 

: Great folly, great madness, 
: Great ruin of sense, great insanity, 
: Since thou has set out for death, 
: That thou shouldest be in disobedience 
:: to the Son of Mary. <sup>[1]</sup> 

E. Windisch proposed different translation of that verse:
: „Nach Rom gehen
: Viel Mühe, wenig Nutzen!
: Der König, den du hienieden suchst, 
: Wenn du ihm mich mitbringst, findest du (ihn) nicht. 

: Groß die Torheit, groß der Wahnsinn! 
: Groß die Verderbnis des Sinns, groß der Irrsinn!
: Weil in den Tod gehen sicher bevorsteht,
: Soll es sein unter ... von Mariens Sohn!“ <sup>[1]</sup> 
Robert Relyea translated it into English in that way:
: According to Rome
: Great effort, little benefit!
: The king you are seeking
: If you do not brign him, you can find (him).

: Great folly, great madness,
: The wholesale corruption of meaning, great madness!
: Because going will bring death,
: Should it be under... Son of Mary! <sup>[1]</sup> 

Metzger in his book quoted translation of Scrivener. <sup>[1]</sup>  This seems to have been written by a disappointed pilgrim. Irish language was not the first language for the author of this vers.