I was by thebanks of a clear-flowing stream 'That first I accosted that comely young game And in great confusion I did ask her name Are you Ora or Flora or the famed Queens of Tyre She answered, I'm neither, I'Sile Ni Eidhir

Go, rhyming rogue, let your flocks roam in peace You won't find among them that famed golden fleece The tresses of Helen, that Goddess of Greece Have harked round your heart in a web of desire Be off to you speir-bhean, said Sile Ni Eidhir

May the sufferings of Sisyphus, fall to my share And may I the sifferings of Tantalus fear To the dark lan of Hades may my sould fall in air Without linnet in song or an ode on the lyre If ever I prove false to you Sile Ni Eidhir

O had I the wealth of the Orient store All the gems of Peru and the Mexican ore Or the hand of a Midas to mould o'er and o'er Bright braclets of gold and of flamming sapphire I would robe you in splendour, my Sile Ni Eidhir

The song is on a site that the full text of Merriman's "Midnight Court" in Irish (new and old versions) with a parallel English translation, with notes on the poem and a glossary. This song was included as an example of an aisling song. www homesteader.com/merriman/sile/html

Thanks for any help