hɪz mˈoʊst pˈɔɪnjənt pˈoʊᵻm ɪz wˈʌn ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɔnðə dˈɛθ ʌv hɪz wˈaɪf, hˌuː hæd bˈoːɹn hˌɪm ᵻlˈɛvən tʃˈɪldɹən ɪn twˈɛnti jˈɪɹz: ˈɛmˈænɑːm dˈuː ˈɛsɡˈɑːɹ ɹɪˈɑːmsə ˈæɹiːɚ"maɪ sˈoʊl pˈɑːɹɾᵻd fɹʌm mˌiː lˈæst nˈaɪt".
His most poignant poem is one written on the death of his wife, who had borne him eleven children in twenty years: ‘M'anam do sgar riomsa araoir’ ("My soul parted from me last night").