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Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Irish Blessing
Ath Éredonide
Ath
Benison
Éredonide
Eire + Land = Ireland + SRC
Benison from Ireland
May the road rise up to meet you.
Bíi wil dezh weth óoma nathasha ranol.
Bíi
DECL
wil
OPTV
dezh
BeSmooth
weth
Path
óoma
Foot
nathasha
YouLove1 + POSSbirth + PLC
ranol.
NON + Upon = Beneath
May the road be smooth beneath your* feet.
May the wind always be at your back.
Wil ham yul wan nathasha ib hadihad.
Wil
OPTV
ham
BePresent
yul
Wind
wan
BackOfBody
nathasha
XLove1 + POSSbirth + PLC
ib
UpAgainst
hadihad.
Always
May the wind blow against your* back always.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
Wil ham rosh owanal ona nathasha,
I ham lali lemanal dun nathosha nol.
Wil
OPTV
ham
BePresent
rosh
Sun
owanal
BeWarm + MANN
ona
Face
nathasha,
YouLove1 + POSSbirth + PLC
I
And
ham
BePresent
lali
Rain
lemanal
BeGentle + MANN
dun
Field
nathosha
YouLove1 + POSS + PLC
nol.
Upon
May the sun shine warmly on your* face,
And rain fall gently upon your* field.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
I menebithim lezhehéya hathobéeya,
Wil widom Lahila nath niloma Bathasha.
I
And
menebithim
PL + AGAIN + Meet
lezhehéya
We2-5 + EMBED + TIME
hathobéeya,
Until
Wil
OPTV
widom
Hold
Lahila
HolyOne
nath
YouLove1 + OBJ
niloma
PalmOfHand
Bathasha.
XLove1 + POSSbirth + PLC
And until we meet again,
May the Holy One hold you* in the Palm of Her/His* Hand.
Ath Éredonide
Bíi wil dezh weth óoma nathasha ranol.
Wil ham yul wan nathasha ib hadihad.
Wil ham rosh owanal ona nathasha,
I ham lali lemanal dun nathosha nol.
I menebithim lezhehéya hathobéeya,
Wil widom Lahila nath Niloma Bathasha.
All the pronouns in the above marked with an asterisk (*) are in the “beloved” form.
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