Category: Carmina Gadelica

O Rhiannon! tonightThou Queen of three worlds,Thou guiltless MotherWho didst suffer full sore,By curse of the wicked,And wast dishonoured. Save me from evil,Save me from harm,Save Thou my body,Consecrate me tonight,O Rhiannon! tonight,Nor leave me. Endow me with magic,Thou Queen out of Faery,Guide me aright,Guide me in thy wisdom,O Rhiannon!…

Thou Spirit of Wisdom who guides me,From out of the Shining World to attend me,The shepherding kind of the fold of faerie kinTo make round about me this night; Drive from me every ill-will and danger,Surround me on the sea of the unholy,And in the narrows, crooks, and straits,Keep thou…

I am now going into the sleep,Be it that I in health shall waken;If passing be to me in the death-sleep,Be it that with thy Wild Ride,O God of the Hunt, I in gladdness shall waken,     Be it with thy hosting,     O Gwyn ap Nudd, that I in…

Gracious Goddess, who brought me from the dream of last nightUnto the light of a new day,Be Thou bringing me from the light of this dayUnto the silver light of dream and Faerie,     Oh! from the light of this day     Unto the silver light of Faerie.

[three drops of water are placed on the infant’s forehead, to guard it from ill omen and mischievous sprites] Thou Beings who inhabit the earth,Imprint thy blessings betimes,Remember the child of my body,In the name of the Mother of blessings;When the druid of the KingOn her (him) puts the water…

The Pentacle of the God and the Goddess with meFrom the top of my face to the edge of my feet. O Tegid mild, O Ceridwen wise,O radiant Taliesyn, chief god of bards,Preserve ye me in the middle world,The three preserve me on the old straight track.     Three preserve…

[this charm is said upon first seeing the new moon, while making a bow or curtsey; it is also customary to turn a silver coin in your pocket or the rings on your fingers while making a wish] Oh! in the name of the triple Goddess who shields us in…

Behold the Lightener of the stars,On the crests of the clouds,And the silver singers of the sky     Lauding him. Coming down with acclaimFrom the palaces above,Harp and lyre of song     Sounding to him. O Idris, bearer of my hope,Why should I not raise thy fame!Faeries and elves melodious …

The Lady with me lying down,The Lady with me rising up,The Lady with me in each ray of light,Nor I a ray of joy without Her.     Nor one ray without Her. The Goddess with me sleeping,The Goddess with me waking,The Goddess with me watching,Every day and night,     Each…

Grandmother, give me of thy wisdom,Mother, give me of thine abundance,Maiden, give me in my need,     Beneath the shield of the Horned One. I lie down tonight,With the Triad of Strength,With the Mother, with the Maiden,     And with the Crone of Night.