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EOLAS gradhaidh dut,
Uisge thraghadh thromh shop,
Blaths an fhir [te] thig riut,
Le ghradh a tharsainn ort.
Eirich moch Di-domhnaich,
Gu lic chomhnard chladaich
Beir leat beannach pubaill,
Agus currachd sagairt.
Deannan beag a ghriosaich
An iochdar do bhadain,
Dolman corr a ghruaigean
Ann an sluasaid mhaide.
Tri cnamhan seann-duine,
An deigh an creann a uaigh,
Naoi goisne reann-roinnich,
An deigh an treann le tuaigh.
Loisg iad air teine crionaich
Is dean gu leir diubh luath;
Crath am brollach broth do leannain,
An aghaidh gath gaoth tuath.
Rach ruaig rath an alachd,
Car nan coig cuart,
’S bheirim brath is baran duit
Nach falbh am fear [bean] sin uat. |
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A LOVE charm for thee,
Water drawn through a straw,
The warmth of him [her] thou lovest,
With love to draw on thee.
Arise betimes on Lord's day,
To the flat rock of the shore
Take with thee the pointed canopy, [butter-bur (?)
And the cap of a priest. [fox-glove (?)
A small quantity of embers
In the skirt of thy kirtle,
A special handful of sea-weed
In a wooden shovel.
Three bones of an old man,
Newly torn from the grave,
Nine stalks of royal fern,
Newly trimmed with an axe.
Burn them on a fire of faggots
And make them all into ashes;
Sprinkle in the fleshy breast of thy lover,
Against the venom of the north wind.
Go round the 'rath' of procreation,
The circuit of the five turns,
And I will vow and warrant thee
That man [woman] shall never leave thee. |