With cheeks than any rose more red?

The king of fleet steeds owned that head,

Said Cairbar’s son, keen lance in war;

’Twas to avenge my foster-son

I took that head and bore it far.

Whose is that head I see beyond

Inwrapt with soft and flowing hair,

His eye like glass, his teeth like bloom,

With beauty that is peerless there?

Manadh, the one that owned the steeds,