- Thanks be to thee, silver Lady of the Sky,
- Mother kind, ever-renewing, ever-fulfilling,
- For thy fertility, abundance and blessing
- That thou bestows upon us continually.
- Whatever good fortune befalls us as thy children,
- In our portion, in our lot, in our path,
- Give to us with it the rich gifts of thy guidance,
- And the joyous blessing of thy wisdom.
- We are thy children, dear Goddess,
- In spirit, in heart, and in flesh,
- In thought, in speech, and in deeds,
- We are blessed in thy sight.
- Put forth to us the magic of thy love.
- Bring us to the starlight realm and
- Bathe us in the Cauldron of Immortality,
- Like the fire on the mountain, like the mystery on the lake.
- In the spiral enchanted path of our calling,
- Be it easy or uneasy to our spirit,
- Be it bright or dark for us to follow,
- Thine own star of guidance be upon us.
- Be thou a shield to us from the wiles of deceivers,
- From all our enemies with doubts pursuing us,
- And in each secret thought our minds do weave,
- Be thou the hand upon the loom and the shuttle.
- Though the Hounds of Annwn reive us from this world,
- Be Thou the mistress to the Master of the Hunt.
- Whatever matter or cause or propensity,
- That would bring to us grief, or pains, or wounds,
- Or that would bear witness against us at the gorsedd,
- On the other side of the door to the fairy mound,
- Oh! do Thou obscure it from our eyes,
- And from our hearts drive it for ever.
- Now to the Mother who gave birth to each creature,
- Now to the Maiden who taught her people well,
- Now to the Crone, who comforts us in strength:
- Shield and sain us from every evil working;
- Be about the beginning and end of our days,
- Be giving us to sing the mysteries,
- In peace, in rest, in the Land of Youth,
- Where no tear shall be shed, where death comes no more.
- Where no tear shall be shed, where death comes no more.
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