WAKING
CHARM
THANKS
be to You, Brighid,
Who
brought me up from last night,
To
the gladsome light of this day,
To
win wholeness for my soul,
Through
my birth You didst tend for me.
Praise
be to You, A Bhandia, for ever,
For
the blessings You didst bestow on me--
My
food, my speech, my work, my health,
And
I beseech You
To
shield me from blight,
To
shield me from ill,
To
sain me this night,
And
I lowly but mighty,
O
Goddess of the mighty!
O
Brighid of the hearth!
Give
me wisdom along with your grace.
May
the High One claim me,
And
protect me on sea and on land,
And
lead me on from step to step,
To
the people of peace of the Everlasting Pasture,
The
people of peace of the Everlasting Pasture!
Redacted and refracted from - Carmina Gadelica (1.41) by Chris Godwin:
Original prayer:
URNUIGH MADUINN [41]
TAING dhut Iosda Criosda,
Thug mis a nios o 'n oidhche 'n raoir
Chon solas soillse an la 'n diugh,
Chon sonas siorruidh a chosnadh dha m' anam,
An cion na fal a dhoirt thu dhomh.
Cliu
dhut fein a Dhe gu brath,
An sgath gach agh a bhairig thu orm--
Mo bhiadh, mo bhriathar, mo ghniomh, mo
chail,
*
* * *
* *
'S
tha mi griosad ort
Mo dhion bho'n olc,
Mo dhion bho lochd,
Mo shian an nochd
'S mi iosal bochd,
O Dhia nam bochd!
O Chriosd nan lot!
Thoir ciall dhomh 'n cois do ghrais.
Gun
coraich an Ti Naomha mi,
Gun comhnaich air muir 's air tir mi,
'S gun treoraich o ir gu ir mi
Chon sith na Cathair Shiorruiche,
Sith na Cathair Shiorruiche.
MORNING PRAYER
THANKS be to Thee, Jesus Christ,
Who brought'st me up from last night,
To the gladsome light of this day,
To win everlasting life for my soul,
Through the blood Thou didst shed for me.
Praise
be to Thee, O God, for ever,
For the blessings Thou didst bestow on me--
My food, my speech, my work, my health,
*
* * *
* *
And
I beseech Thee
To shield me from sin,
To shield me from ill,
To sain me this night,
And I low and poor,
O God of the poor!
O Christ of the wounds!
Give me wisdom along with Thy grace.
May
the Holy One claim me,
And protect me on sea and on land,
And lead me on from step to step,
To the peace of the Everlasting City,
The peace of the Everlasting City!
Carmina Gadelica, Volume 1, by Alexander Carmichael, [1900], p.
96 -97, at sacred-texts.com
Chris posted on Facebook this lovely Brigidine redaction of Uirnuigh Maduinn (Morning Prayer) from Vol. 1 of the Carmina Gadelica.
Image: by Etty Fidele
