Religion
Black Book of Caermarthen VI
Translated by D. Silvan Evans (1868) · From Black Book of Caermarthen
Soul, since I was made in necessity blameless
True it is, woe is me that thou shouldst have come to my design,
Neither for my own sake, nor for death, nor for end, nor for beginning.
It was with seven faculties that I was thus blessed,
With seven created beings I was placed for purification;
I was gleaming fire when I was caused to exist;
I was dust of the earth, and grief could not reach me;
I was a high wind, being less evil than good;
I was a mist on a mountain seeking supplies of stags;
I was blossoms of trees on the face of the earth.
If the Lord had blessed me, He would have placed me on matter.
Soul, since I was made--
Codex Note
Skene no. LXXVII (group R: Anonymous Poems on Religious Subjects).
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Anonymous (Old Welsh). “Black Book of Caermarthen VI.” Translated by D. Silvan Evans. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-welsh/29/.
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Anonymous (Old Welsh). “Black Book of Caermarthen VI.” Translated by D. Silvan Evans. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-welsh/29/.
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