(I make my prayer unto Thee, for the love of Mary to whom Thou are Son, if it be not displeasing in Thy sight, O King, that I may do somewhat pleasing to Thee.)
| Maccan berair rian a ré | ní fintar feib ar a mbé |
| asaóete lenta baeís | aggáes cach aés bes nithé |
(A young man who is taken before its time, the honour in which he may be is not discovered: from his youth of following folly, to his age every company … (?).)
| Ni horta laeg rianáes daim | ár cach sen as tressiu achách, |
| ni horta uan na horc maith | ni coilte cr … [31] a bláth |
(A calf is not slaughtered till it is of ox's age, 'tis the ploughing (?) of every old one which waxes stronger: a lamb or a good pigling is not slaughtered, the (saffron?) is not plucked till its flower.)
| Buain guirt riasiu bas abbuig | is m … cacaid, a Rí rind? |
| is e in longud riana thráth | blath do choll in tan bas find |
(To reap a field before it is ripe, is it a right (thing), O King of stars? It is eating before the time to violate a flower while it is white.)
| Fuiniud immedon laa | ni hord baa rian … |
| matan in aidche, in dedoil | ria na medon cia mó col |
(Sunset in midday, no order of profit before…; morning in night, twilight before its noon, though it be greatest wrong.)