CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

INVOCATION FOR JUSTICE

God, I am bathing my face

In the nine rays of the sun,

As Mary bathed her Son

In generous milk fermented.

Sweetness be in my face,

Riches be in my countenance,

Comb-honey be in my tongue,

My breath as the incense.

Black is yonder house,

Blacker men therein;

I am the white swan,

Queen over them.

I will go in the name of God,

In likeness of deer, in likeness of horse,

In likeness of serpent, in likeness of king,

More victorious am I than all persons