Mythology & Folklore
Dance to your Shadow
From Lyra Celtica (1924)
Dance to your shadow when it’s good to be living, lad,
Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you.
Dance to your shadow when it’s fine to be living, lad,
Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you.
Ho ro haradal, hind ye haradal,
Ho ro haradal, hind ye han dan.
Dance to your shadow when it’s hard to be living, lad,
Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you.
Dance to your shadow when it’s sore to be living, lad,
Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you.
Ho ro haradal, etc.
Dance to your shadow, letting Fate to her fiddle, lad,
Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you.
Dance to your shadow, for it’s fine to be living, lad,
Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you.
Ho ro haradal, etc.
Cite this poem
MLA
Macleod, Kenneth. “Dance to your Shadow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macleod_k/0/.
Chicago
Macleod, Kenneth. “Dance to your Shadow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macleod_k/0/.
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