May the blessing of light be on you,
light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight
Shine upon you and warm your hear
till it glows like a great peat fire,
so that the stranger may come and be warmed
and also as a friend.
And may the light shine out
of the eyes of you

like a candle set in the window 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 of the little flowers
may spring up, and shed
their sweetness on the air.
And may the blessings of the great rains
be on you, may they beat upon your spirit
and wash it fair and clean,
and leave there many a shiny pool
where the blue of heaven shines,
and sometimes a star.

And may the blessings of the earth be on you--
the great round earth.
May you have a kindly greeting from 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 lie out under it.
May it rest so lightly over you that
your soul may be off from under it so quickly,
and on it's way to God.

And now may the Lord (and Lady)
bless you

and bless you kindly.
--traditional Irish blessing