Living
Smooring the Fire (I)
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Labour
Living
The sacred Three
To save,
To shield,
To surround
The hearth,
The house,
The household,
This eve,
This night,
Oh! this eve,
This night,
And every night,
Each single night.
Amen.
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Codex Note
Gaelic: Smaladh An Teine. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 84, Labour.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Smooring the Fire (I).” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/83/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Smooring the Fire (I).” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/83/.
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