I need help in translating these words, please:

I STAND ALONE

My son has decided he needs these words tatooed on his body.
I guess he has forgotten, at the age of 33, that his family
has always stood beside him!

Anyway, thanks in advance. Ronni

Hi Ronni,
I would translate - "I stand alone" as
Seasaim i m'aonar

But if your son means he stands on his own two feet
Seasaim ar mo bhoinn féin

But this is for a tatoo, so I'd wait for more people to offer their translations.

I think "seas" means "to stand up" (motion), not "to stand". To stand is "bí in do sheasamh".

Ní gá an chiall sin a bheith leis.

Both of Scathach's versions are good.

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seasamh [ainm briathartha][ainmfhocal firinscneach den chéad díochlaonadh]
bheith ar do chosa nó éirí ar do chosa agus gan a bheith suite ná sínte; stad, stopadh (seas tamall is labhair liom; sheas mo chroí); maireachtáil (má sheasann an aimsir; fad a sheas an t-airgead); cur in aghaidh, cur in éadan, cur suas le (an fód a sheasamh; an fuacht a sheasamh); cosaint (do cheart a sheasamh); íoc as deoch do dhuine; buanfas (tá seasamh san éadach sin); brath (mo sheasamh ort!); stádas (tá seasamh maith aige i measc a dhaoine); tacú le (seasamh le chéile; an fear a sheas liom).

Cuireann sé sin rann iomráiteach le Salvatore Quasimodo i gcuimhne dom:

Ognuno sta solo sul cuor della terra
trafitto da un raggio di sole:
ed è subito sera.

Interestingly (for an Indo-Europeanist), Irish "tá" has the same root as Italian "sta", namely *stâ- (stand). In Irish the meaning "stand" has been completely eclipsed by the meaning "be", while in Italian both meanings persist (cf. Come sta? = How are you?)

So, I'm inclined to translate "I stand" as simple "tá mé".