A Brigit bennach ar sét...
A Brigit bennach ar sét
nachar·tair bét ar ar cúairt;
a chaillech a l-Lifi lán
co·rísem slán ar tech úait.
(o * Brigit * bless * our * road /
that may not come to us * calamity * on * our * trip /
o * nun * from * Liffey * full /
may we reach * safe * our * house * from you)
O Brigit, bless our road,
that calamity may not overtake us as we travel;
O veiled one from the laden Liffey
may we reach home safely by your intercession.
This verse, the first in a longer prayer, is found at LL 308a, where it is recited by St. Mo Ling. Elsewhere (Irische Texte iii.53) there is a long incantation containing a mix of pagan and christian elements that begins “Ad·muiniur secht n-ingena trethan” (I invoke the seven daughters of the sea). Two lines in it also call for a safe journey:
Ním·thí bás for fecht,
ro·fírthar mo thecht!
May death not come to me on a journey,
may my return be realized!
See also “Rop soraid in sét-sa” in this collection for another prayer for safe travel.