# From MS. Laud 615, p. 18.

### Mongan cecinitdo Colum Cille.

Caomh-Colum cáidh ciuin cub*aid* cob*said* comdalach com ramach cumachtach Cille mirbuilech,

<dir id="bkmrk-%5B5%5D-ag-nach-fail-gra">\[5\] ag nach fail gradh ilṡelba,  
cabras da mainib gan dimda  
gach dam imda ilarda,  
nach fail *tar*ut na <a name="fr_167"></a>[<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span>](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fn_167) fich na ferg,  
gnais derg lethan lainnerdha,  
\[10\] corp gel ar n-derbad a rúin,  
ocus clú gan imharbus,  
rosg glas gan locht is gan lasg  
ocus folt cas coinnelda. <a name="fr_168"></a>[<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span>](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fn_168)Foghar gotha Coluim Cille,  
\[15\] lor a binne os gach cleir,  
co tend cuig *fichet déc* ceimenn,  
aidble remenn, sedh ba reil.

Mac Eit\[h\]ni is Fei\[d\]limid finn  
cuigi romcinn Dia do cein  
a Tir Tarrngaire na finn,  
\[20\] mar a cantar fír gan bréig.

Tri caoguit inis rea rim  
ma docuired on rig r*éd*, <a name="fr_169"></a>[<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span>](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fn_169)  
in gach innsi dar mo leighend  
tri coibheis Eirenn fodein.

</dir><dir id="bkmrk-%5B25%5D-mar-domsd%C3%ADur-ma">\[25\] Mar domsdíur mac De gu haghmar,  
om tir fein tang ane  
gu Carraig Eolairg gan mebail,  
cu bord Locha Febail fein. <a name="page_89"></a><span style="color: green; font-size: xx-small;">p. 89</span>  
Loch Febail fial nocho míbladh  
ag díl*ad* aidh*ed* <a name="fr_170"></a>[<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span>](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fn_170) o Néill. Colum Cille cáin gan gó,  
briathra an laoich gersat ra ló,  
anté nach cabair na fainn \[5\]  
noca carann <a name="fr_171"></a>[<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span>](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fn_171) caom-Choluim.  
 Caomh-Cholum caidh.

</dir>Beloved, chaste, gentle, just, firm, disputant, combative, [powerful](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/errata.htm#1), miraculous Colum Cille,

<dir id="bkmrk-%27who-loveth-not-many">'Who loveth not many possessions, \[10\]  
Who with his gifts without displeasure  
Helpeth every numerous multitudinous band.  
Over thee there is neither wrath nor anger.  
Red broad radiant face,  
White body that hath proved mysteries, \[15\]  
And fame without sin,  
Grey eye without fault and without . . .,  
And curly luminous hair. The sound of Colum Cilia's voice--  
Abundant its sweetness above every train, \[20\]  
To the end of fifteen score paces,  
Vastness of courses! it was clear. <a name="fr_172"></a>[<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span>](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fn_172)

The son of Ethne and of Fedlimid the Fair,  
To him God sent me from afar,  
From the Land of Promise of the blessed, \[25\]  
Where truth is sung without falsehood.

Thrice fifty isles are counted,  
As they were set by the bright King;  
In every isle, by my lore!  
There is three times the size of Erin herself. \[30\]

</dir><a name="page_90"></a><span style="color: green; font-size: xx-small;">p. 90</span>

<dir id="bkmrk-as-the-son-of-god-di">As the Son of God directed me prosperously,  
From my own land I have come yesterday  
To Carraic Eolairg without disgrace,  
To the edge of Lough Foyle itself.  
\[5\] Loch Foyle, hospitable without ill-fame,  
Contenting the guests of the Ui Néill. Colum Cille, fair without falsehood,  
Though the words of the warrior were . . .  
He that doth not help the weak,  
\[10\] He is no friend of beloved Colum.'

</dir>---

### Footnotes

<a name="fn_167"></a>[88:1](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fr_167) This *na* is superfluous; it spoils the metre.

<a name="fn_168"></a>[88:2](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fr_168) \[30\] In the notes on Féline Oengusso, p. ci., these lines are as follows:

<dir id="bkmrk-%22colam-c%C3%A1incruth-cum">"Colam cáincruth cumachtach,  
drech derg lethan lainderda,  
corp geal, clú cen imarba,  
folt cass, suil glas chaindelta.</dir><a name="fn_169"></a>[88:3](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fr_169) Read *réil*.

<a name="fn_170"></a>[89:1](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fr_170) Read *áighadh*.

<a name="fn_171"></a>[89:2](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fr_171) Read cara.

<a name="fn_172"></a>[89:3](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob/vob14.htm#fr_172) This quatrain is also found in Three Middle-Irish Homilies, p. 102, in Félire Oengusso, p. ci, and in Goidelica, p. 163. Instead of *cóic fichet déc* read *cóic cét déac*. *Déac* having become a monosyllable, *cét* was changed into *fichet* to make up the seven syllables.