Clocán binn...

Clocán binn
benar i n-aidchi gaíthe:
ferr limm dul ina dáil
indás i ndáil mná baíthe.

(little bell * sweet / (that) is rung * in * a night * of wind / was * better * with me * going * in its * meeting / than * in * meeting * of woman * lustful)

A sweet little bell
that is rung on a windy night:
I would rather go to meet it
than to meet a lustful woman.

A ninth century monastic poem.

Topics: Verse