Amergin the Druid's song on arrival in Ireland from Iberia----------I AM.

[Guest guest]

Duan Amhairghine

 

Am gáeth tar na bhfarraige

Am tuile os chinn maighe

Am dord na daíthbhe

Am damh seacht mbeann

Am drúchtín rotuí ó ngréin

Am an fráich torc

Am seabhac a néad i n-aill

Am ard filidheachta

Am álaine bhláithibh

Am an t-eo fis

Cía an crann agus an theine ag tuitim faire

Cía an dhíamhairina cloch neamh shnaidhite

Am an ríáin gach uile choirceoige

Am an theine far gach uile chnoic

Am an scíath far gach uile chinn

Am an sleagh catha

Am nómá tonnag sírthintaghaív Am úagh gach uile dhóich dhíamaíní

Cía fios aige conara na gréine agus linn na éisce

Cía tionól na rinn aige, ceangladh na farraige,

cor i n-eagar na harda, na haibhne, na túatha. Amergin's Challenge

 

I am a wind across the sea

I am a flood across the plain

I am the roar of the tides

I am a stag* of seven (pair) tines

I am a dewdrop let fall by the sun

I am the fierceness of boars*

I am a hawk, my nest on a cliff

I am a height of poetry (magical skill)

I am the most beautiful among flowers

I am the salmon* of wisdom

Who (but I) is both the tree and the lightning strikes it

Who is the dark secret of the dolmen not yet hewn

I am the queen of every hive

I am the fire on every hill

I am the shield over every head

I am the spear of battle

I am the ninth* wave of eternal return

I am the grave of every vain hope

Who knows the path of the sun, the periods of the moon

Who gathers the divisions, enthralls the sea,

sets in order the mountains. the rivers, the peoples