Re: Ramadan Blessings

On Mar 12, 2024, David Dalton wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

> Ramadan Blessings to any Muslim readers.
>
> Since it is now very early waxing crescent, the following
> poem may be of interest:
>
> The Silver Bough thumb
>
> Once in 1997 I thumbed at random a book on Scottish folklore called The
> Silver Bough Vol. 1 by F. Marian McNeill. It came out to a page with this
> poem on it:
>
> Ri faicinn domh na gealaich uir,
> Is duth domh mo shuil a thogail.
> Is duth domh ma ghlun a leagail,
> Is duth domh mo cheann a bhogadh,
>
> Toir cliu dhuit fein, a re nan iul,
> Gum faca mi thu a rithist,
> Gum faca mi a ghealach ur,
> Ailleagan iuil na slighe.
>
> Is iomadh neach a chaidh a null
> Eadar uine an da ghealaich,
> Ged tha mise a' mealtainn fuinn,
> A re nan re 's nam beannachd!
>
> which translates as:
>
> When I see the new moon,
> It becomes me to lift mine eye,
> It becomes me to bend my knee,
> It becomes me to bow my head.
>
> Giving thee praise, thou moon of guidance,
> That I have seen thee again,
> That I have seen the new moon,
> The lovely leader of the way.
>
> Many a one has passed beyond
> In the time between the two moons,
> Though I am still enjoying earth,
> Thou moon of moons and of blessings!
>
> Now I have been told that that poem is of Christian origin
> but have speculated that it might have earlier Scottish
> pagan roots. In any case, I now hope for blessings
> for everyone in the world.

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