From the Hills of Dream Mountain Songs and Island Runes [by William Sharp] |
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The Rune of the Black Seal. |
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The Rune of the Black Seal.
Ho, ro, O black Seal, O black Seal!
In the name of the Father,
And of the Son,
And of the Holy Ghost,
O Seal of the deep sea, O black Seal!
In the name of the Father,
And of the Son,
And of the Holy Ghost,
O Seal of the deep sea, O black Seal!
Hearken the thing that I say to thee,
I, Phadric MacAlastair MhicCrae,
Who dwells in a house on the Island
That you look on night and day from Soa!
For I put rosad upon thee,
And upon the woman-seal that won thee,
And the women-seal that are thine,
And the young that thou hast;
Ay, upon thee and all thy kin
I put rosad, O Ron dubh, O Ron-à-mhàra!
I, Phadric MacAlastair MhicCrae,
Who dwells in a house on the Island
That you look on night and day from Soa!
For I put rosad upon thee,
And upon the woman-seal that won thee,
And the women-seal that are thine,
And the young that thou hast;
Ay, upon thee and all thy kin
I put rosad, O Ron dubh, O Ron-à-mhàra!
And may no harm come to me or mine,
Or to any fishing or snaring that is of me;
Or to any sailing by storm or dusk,
Or when the moonshine fills the blind eyes of the dead,
No harm to me or mine
From thee or thine!
Or to any fishing or snaring that is of me;
Or to any sailing by storm or dusk,
Or when the moonshine fills the blind eyes of the dead,
No harm to me or mine
From thee or thine!
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