White am I still, though red shall I be,

Red with the streaming red blood if any dispute me!

Aoh, aoh, aoh, arò, arò, ho-rò!

A man was I, a seal am I,

My fangs churn the yellow foam from my lips:

Give way to me, give way to me, Seals of the Sea;

Give way, for I am fëy of the sea

And the sea-maiden I see there,

And my name, true, is Mànus MacCodrum,

The bull-seal that was a man, Arà! Arà!