A Gaelic blessing

May the blessing of Light be on you

light without and light within

May the blessed sunlight shine on you

and warm your heart till it glows likea great peat fire,

so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it,

and also a friend

And may the light shine out of the two eyes of you,

like a candle set in two windows of a house,

bidding the wanderer to come in out of the storm.

And may the blessing of the Rain be on you -the soft sweet rain.

May it fall upon your spirit so that all the little flowers may spring up,

and shed their sweetness on the air.

And may the blessing of the Great Rains be on you,

may they beat upon your spirit and wash it fair and clean,

and leave there many a shining pool where the blue of heaven shines,

and sometimes a star.

And may the blessing of the Earth be on you

the great round earth

may you ever have a kindly greeting for them you pass as you're going along the roads.

May the earth be soft under you when you rest upon it,

tired at the end of the day,

and may it rest easy over you when at the last,

you layout under it

May it rest so lightly over you,

that your soul may be out from under it quickly

and up, and off

and on its way to God.