'Tis a pity I'm not in England,
Or with one from Erin thither bound,
Out in the midst of the ocean,
Where the thousands of ships are drowned.
From wave to wave of the ocean
To be guided on with the wind and the rain—
And, O King! that Thou might'st guide me
Back to my love again!
Thomas MacDonagh (1878 - 1916) Ireland
Translated by Eleanor Hull
Source: The Poem-book of the Gael, Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into English Prose and Verse, Selected and edited by Eleanor Hull, Chatto & Windus, 1913
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