Brave, noble Diarmad Mac O’Duine

Slain, it is shame! victim of jealousy.

Whiter his body than the sun’s bright light,

Redder his lips than blossoms tinged with red;

Long yellow locks did rest upon his head,

His eye was clear beneath the covering brow,

Its colour mingled was of blue and gray;

Waving and graceful were his locks behind,

His speech was elegant and sweetly soft;

His hands the whitest, fingers tipped with red;