Living
Prayer for Travelling
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Labour
Life be in my speech,
Sense in what I say,
The bloom of cherries on my lips,
Till I come back again.
The love Christ Jesus gave
Be filling every heart for me,
The love Christ Jesus gave
Filling me for every one.
Traversing corries, traversing forests,
Traversing valleys long and wild.
The fair white Mary still uphold me,
The Shepherd Jesu be my shield,
The fair white Mary still uphold me,
The Shepherd Jesu be my shield.
Codex Note
Gaelic: Ora Turais. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 116, Labour.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Prayer for Travelling.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/115/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Prayer for Travelling.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/115/.
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