Prayer for aid in giving birth, to Bride as midwife:
pg. 176
BRIDE
BAN-CHOBHAIR [71]
THAINIG thugam
cobhair,
Moire gheal is
Bride;
Mar a rug Anna
Moire,
Mar a rug Moire
Criosda,
Mar a rug Eile
Eoin Baistidh
Gun mhar-bhith
dha dhi,
Cuidich thusa
mise ’m asaid,
Cuidich mi a Bhride!
Mar a gheineadh
Criosd am Moire
Comhliont air
gach laimh,
Cobhair thusa
mise, mhoime,
An gein a thoir
bho ’n chnaimh;
’S mar a chomhn
thu Oigh an t-solais,
Gun or, gun odh,
gun ni,
Comhn orm-sa, ’s
mor m’ othrais,
Comhn orm a Bhride!
pg. 177
BRIDE THE
AID-WOMAN
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!
Carmina Gadelica, Volume 1, by Alexander Carmichael, [1900], at sacred-texts.com
Image: 'B&W nude pregnant woman,' by Laura Benvenuti. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
