2animal captivity
géibheann an ainmhí
6slavery/oppression
daoirse
8lack of freedom
easpa saoirse
9independence
neamhspleáchas
13at the top of its reign
i mbarr a réime
16the shape of the animal
cruth an ainmhí
17natural life
saol nádúrtha
18wild animal
ainmhí allta/fiáin
20the tropics
na teochrasa
22he was locked up
cuireadh faoi ghlas é
23he wanted/desired
shantaigh sé
32despair/hopelessness
éadóchas
35an exhibition
taispeántas
36that he would be let free
go scaoilfí saor é
37give him his freedom
a shaoirse a thabhairt dó
39allegorical poem
dán fátchiallach
40important message
teachtaireacht thábhachtach
41trapped in her own life
i teanntaithe ina saol féin
42the circle of life
an ciorcal saoil
43the lion stands for the poet
seasann an leon don fhile
44she needed freedom
bhí saoirse ag teastáil uaithi
45through the mouth of the lion
trí bhéal an leoin
46through the voice of the lion
trí ghuth an leoin
47she speaks
labhraíonn sí
48another/different view
dearcadh eile
51personification
pearsanú
52sympathy/sympathetic
bááúil
53escape route
bealach éalaithe
54on a literal level
ar leibhéal litriúil
55on an allegorical level
ar leibhéal fáthchiallach
56modern life
saol nua-aimseartha
58limited/curtailed life
saol cúngaithe
61difference/variation
éagsúlacht
63pity/pitiful
trua/truamhéalach
65they give in/to yield
géilleann an file/an leon
66symbol/symbols
siombail/siombailí
67image/images
íomhá/íomhánna
68metaphor/metaphors
meafar/meafair
69metaphorical poem
dán meafarach
70continuous metaphor
meafar leanúnach
71the poet's style
stíl an fhile
73bare and brief language
friotal lom agus gonta