Blessings & Good Wishes

Ní thardda lí tassi form!

Ní thardda lí tassi form!

(not * may it bring * color * of corpse * on-me)

May it not put the color of a corpse on me! = May I not die!

 
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M'anaim, mo chorp, mo cheol,

M’anaim, mo chorp is mo cheol,
rob saer ar olc, ar aineol.

my * soul * my * body * and * my * music
may they be * free * from * evil * from * ignorance

May my soul, my body, and my music
be free from evil and from ignorance.

 
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Ar-dot·raib bennacht co brath!

Ar-dot·raib bennacht co brath!

(may-be-before-you * blessing * until * doomsday)

May blessings await you always!

 
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Rop lir do chlann gainim lir!

Rop lir do chlann gainim lir!

(may-be * as numerous * your * offspring * as sands * of sea)

May your progeny be as numerous as the sands of the sea!

 
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Rop réid rémunn cech n-aimreid!

Rop réid rémunn cech n-aimreid!

(may be * smooth * before-us * every * unsmoothness)

May every rough spot before us be smooth.
May every difficulty before us be easy.

 
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Sonus lomma ...

Sonus lomma is lenna lir,
buáid comairle in cech caingin,
búaid comperta, clú co mbail,
búaid creiche adiu, buáid slúagaid.

(luck * of milk * and * of ale * plentiful
victory * of counsel * in * every * affair
victory * of conception * fame * with * prosperity
victory * of raid * from here * victory * of military expedition)

Luck of milk and of plentiful ale,
successful advice in every matter,
success in procreation, fame with prosperity,
success in raiding hence, and victory in war.

 
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Bendacht duine, bendacht Dé ...

Bendacht duine, bendacht Dé,
robet ort ule ’malle,
fort chlaind, fort chiniud cen cess
nachus·tarla anfaitchess.

(blessing * of man * blessing * of god
may-they-be * on-you * all * together
on-your * children * on-your * offspring * without * sorrow
not-to-them · may-happen * calamity)

Man’s blessing and God’s blessing,
may they all be on you together,
on your children, on your offspring unscathed,
may no calamity befall them.

 
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Sét no·tíag...

Sét no·tíag,
téiti Críst;
crích i mbéo,
bith cen tríst.

(path * that I go
Christ * goes;
land * in * which I am
let it be * without * curse)

The path I walk,
Christ walks;
The land I am in,
let it not be blighted.

 
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Trí bás úaim rohuccaiter...

Trí bás úaim rohuccaiter!
Trí áes dom dorataiter!
Secht tonna tacid dom dorodailter!

(three * death(s) * from me * may they be taken
threee * age(s) * to me * may they be given
seven * waves * of good fortune * to me * may they be poured out)

May three deaths be taken from me!
May three ages be given to me!
May seven waves of fortune be granted to me!

 
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Ropo chétach cétblíadnach...

Ropo chétach cétblíadnach, cech cét diib ar úair.

(may I be * hundredfold * hundred years * each * hundred * of them * by * time)

May I live for a hundred times a hundred years, each hundred of them in turn!

 
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