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- p.42
- Rop tú mo baile,
a Choimdiu cride:
ní ní nech aile
acht Rí secht nime. - Rop tú mo scrútain
i l-ló 's i n-aidche;
rop tú ad-chëar
im chotlud caidche. - Rop tú mo labra,
rop tú mo thuicsiu;
rop tussu dam-sa,
rob misse duit-siu. - Rop tussu m'athair,
rob mé do mac-su;
rop tussu lem-sa,
rob misse lat-su. - Rop tú mo chathscíath,
rop tú mo chlaideb;
rop tussu m'ordan,
rop tussu m'airer. - Rop tú mo dítiu,
rop tú mo daingen;
rop tú nom-thocba
i n-áentaid n-aingel. p.44 - Rop tú cech maithius
dom churp, dom anmain;
rop tú mo ̇flaithius
i n-nim 's i talmain. - Rop tussu t' áenur
sainserc mo chride;
ní rop nech aile
acht Airdrí nime. - Co talla forum,
ré n-dul it láma,
mo chuit, mo chotlud,
ar méit do gráda. - Rop tussu t' áenur
m' urrann úais amra:
ní chuinngim daíne
ná maíne marba. - Rop amlaid dínsiur
cech sel, cech sáegul,
mar marb oc brénad,
ar t' ̇fégad t' áenur. - Do serc im anmain,
do grád im chride,
tabair dam amlaid,
a Rí secht nime. - Tabair dam amlaid,
a Rí secht nime,
do serc im anmain,
do grád im chride. - Go Ríg na n-uile
rís íar m-búaid léire;
ro béo i flaith nime
i n-gile gréine - A Athair inmain,
cluinte mo núall-sa:
mithig (mo-núarán!)
lasin trúagán trúag-sa. - A Chríst mo chride,
cip ed dom-aire,
a Flaith na n-uile,
rop tú mo baile.
Rop tú mo baile
Be thou my vision
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Title statement
Title (uniform): Rop tú mo baile
Title (translation, English Translation): Be thou my Vision
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Electronic edition compiled by: Donnchadh Ó Corráin
Funded by: University College, Cork and Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project.
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2. Second draft, revised and corrected.
Extent: 1000 words
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Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
Address: College Road, Cork, Ireland— http://www.ucc.ie/celt
Date: 1996
Date: 2010
Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
CELT document ID: G400018
Availability: The hard copy on which the present electronic edition is based is copyright by Oxford University Press, and is here used by kind permission of the publishers.
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Manuscript sources
- Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 3, f. 22 (formerly Phillipps 70220).
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 967, pp 95–96 (olim 23 N 10, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, fasc. 22, 2769).
Editions
- M. E. Byrne, A Prayer, Ériu 2 (1905) 89–91.
- Monica Nevin, "Rab tú mu baili", Éigse 2 (1940) 114–116.
Translations
- M. E. Byrne, A Prayer, Ériu 2 (1905) 89–91.
- Monica Nevin, "Rab tú mu baili", Éigse 2 (1940) 114–116.
The edition used in the digital edition
‘Be thou my Vision’ (1956). In: Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century. Ed. by Gerard Murphy. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 42–44.
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Creation: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c.900–1100
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- 2010-11-13: File updated; new wordcount made; conversion script run. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2008-09-03: File validated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2008-07-30: Keywords added. (ed. Ruth Murphy)
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- 1997-09-05: Header created; text parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
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- 1994: Checking and proofing text. (ed. Aideen O'Leary)
- 1994: Proofing and correction of edition. (ed. Patricia Kelly)
- 1993: Data capture completed. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)