Religion
Bride the Aid-Woman
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Seasons
There came to me assistance,
Mary fair and Bride;
As Anna bore Mary,
As Mary bore Christ,
As Eile bore John the Baptist
Without flaw in him,
Aid thou me in mine unbearing,
Aid me, O Bride!
As Christ was conceived of Mary
Full perfect on every hand,
Assist thou me, foster-mother,
The conception to bring from the bone;
And as thou didst aid the Virgin of joy,
Without gold, without corn, without kine,
Aid thou me, great is my sickness,
Aid me, O Bride!
Codex Note
Gaelic: Bride Ban-Chobhair. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 71, Seasons.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Bride the Aid-Woman.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/70/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Bride the Aid-Woman.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/70/.
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