GOD with me lying down,
God with me rising up,
God with me in each ray of light,
Nor I a ray of joy without Him,
Nor one ray without Him.
Christ with me sleeping,
Christ with me waking,
Christ with me watching,
Every day and night,
Each day and night.
God with me protecting,
The Lord with me directing,
The Spirit with me strengthening,
For ever and for evermore,
Ever and evermore, Amen.
Chief of chiefs, Amen.
--from the Carmina Gadelica, told by Mary Macrae, edited and translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900).
Photo of the Kildalton Cross and Church, @800 CE, from wikimedia commons.
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