Living
Herding Blessing (III)
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Labour
Travelling moorland, travelling townland,
Travelling mossland long and wide,
Be the herding of God the Son about your feet,
Safe and whole may ye home return,
Be the herding of God the Son about your feet,
Safe and whole may ye home return.
The sanctuary of Carmac and of Columba
Be protecting you going and coining,
And of the milkmaid of the soft palms,
Bride of the clustering hair golden brown,
And of the milkmaid of the soft palms,
Bride of the clustering hair golden brown.
Codex Note
Gaelic: Beannachadh Buachailleachd. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 102, Labour.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Herding Blessing (III).” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/101/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Herding Blessing (III).” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/101/.
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