Luim-se le Dia
go lui Dia liom!
Scath De os mo chionn,
cros na n-aingeal faoi mo chom
Ca luifidh tu anocht?
Idir Muire is a Mac,
idir Brid is a brat,
idir Colmcille is a sciath,
idir Dia is a lamh dheas.
The Bright Prayer
I lie with God
may He lie with me.
God's shade above me,
an angel-girdle around my waist.
Where will you lie tonight?
Between Mary and her Son
between Bridget and her cloak
between Colm Cille and his shield
between God and His right hand.
Sliocht as An Phaidir Gheal/The Bright Prayer from An Duanaire/Poems of the Dispossessed, edited by Sean O Tuama and Thomas Kinsella.
Foilsitear an sliocht seo le caoinchead Bhord na Gaeilge.
