Should Ath Cro's brave Hound be slain,

I'll be buried in his grave;

May one grave hide me and him!

[3]"Liefer would I, [2]liefer far,[2]

Arms should slay me in fierce fight,

Than the death of heroes' Hound,"[a]

Should be food for ravenous birds?[3]

"Tell him this, [2]O, tell him this,[2]

To the Hound of beauteous hue,

Fearless Scathach hath foretold