CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

HO, MY HEIFER!

The night the Herdsman was out

No shackle went on a cow,

Lowing ceased not from the mouth of calf

Wailing the Herdsman of the flock,

Wailing the Herdsman of the flock.

Ho my heifer! ho my heifer!

Ho my heifer! my heifer beloved!

My heartling heart, kind, fond,

For the sake of the High King take to thy calf.

The night the Herdsman was missing,

In the Temple He was found.

The King of the moon to come hither!

The King of the sun down from heaven!

King of the sun down from heaven!