Appendix A. 475 



III. XCIX. 



Alexander 

 Carmichael. 

 Crois Mhoire 's Mhicheil, ma-rium ann an sith, 

 M' anam a bhi 'm firinn, gu'n mhi-run am cLom. 



IV. 

 O los gu'n loc, a cheusadh goirt, 

 Fo bhinn nan olc a sgiursadh Thu ; 

 A liuthad loc, a rinn mo chorp, 

 Nacli faod mi noc a chunntachadh (1). 



V. 



A Righ na Fola Firinnicli, 



Na dibir mi o d' mhuinntireas ; 



Xa tagair orm mo mhi-cheartan ; 



Na di-chuimhnuich ad' chunntadh mi (1). 



VI. 

 Guidheam Peadair, guidheam Paul, 

 Guidheam Moir Oigh agus a Mac, 

 Guidheam an da ostal deug, 

 Gu'n mise dhol eug a noc. 



VII. 



A Dbia agus a Mhoire na glorach, 



los a Mhic na h-Oighe cubhraidh, 



Cumaibh sinne o na piantaibh ; 

 j 'S o'n teine dhorcha dhuinte. 

 I 'S o'n teine shiorraidh mhuchta. 



VIII. 



M anam aig fear shorchar na frithe (2) 

 Michal Geal an codhail m' anama. 



(1). The IV. and V. verses were not in the first version I obtained of this 

 beautiful hymn. I am not sure that they originally formed part of it. This, 

 however, can only be a matter of conjecture. Not infrequently in old Gaelic 

 poetry, sacred and profane, the measure, rhyme, assonance, and even subject, 

 change in the same poem. Old EngHsh poetry is the same. 



(2). I am not satisfied that I have correctly translated this line. Sorch means 

 "light," in contradistinction to dorch "dark." Sorchar, I take it, is the man or 

 being of light, as dorchar is the man or being of darkness. Sorch, " Light," is 

 the name of a woman in the Long Island. A. C. 



The Bed Blessing. — Close Translation. 



I. 



I lie down this night, with Mary and with her Son, 

 With the Mother of my King, who shields me from harm ; 

 I shall not lie down with evil, nor shall evil lie down with me, 

 But I shall lie with God, and God will lie down with me. 



