Religion
Hymn of the Sunday
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Seasons
On the holy Sunday of thy God
Give thou thine heart to all mankind,
To thy father and thy mother loving,
Beyond any person or thing in the world.
Do not covet large or small,
Do not despise weakling or poor,
Semblance of evil allow not near thee,
Never give nor earn thou shame.
The ten commands God gave thee,
Understand them early and prove,
Believe direct in the King of the elements,
Put behind thee ikon-worship.
Be faithful to thine over-lord,
Be true to thy king in every need,
Be true to thine own self besides,
True to thy High-King above all obstacles.
Do not thou malign any man,
Lest thou thyself maligned shouldst be,
And shouldst thou travel ocean and earth,
Follow the very step of God's Anointed.
Codex Note
Gaelic: Duan An Domhnaich. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 80, Seasons.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Hymn of the Sunday.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/79/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Hymn of the Sunday.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/79/.
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