Lady, o lady, child of sea-born, all nights I have come
Embrace this face of noble storm, let the wait be done
Longing years of lonely lament, absence of your touch
Herein lies a vital end, can one heart bear as much?

Though the sea now keeps you nearest
Though the ocean ho

Við hleifi mik sældu
Ní við hornigi
Nýsta ek niðr
Nam ek upp rúnar
Æpandi nam
Fell ek aftr þaðan

Veit ek, at ek hekk
Vindga meiða á
Nætr. Allar níu
Geiri undaðr
Ok gefinn Oðni
Sjalfr sjalfum mér
A þeim meiði
Er manngi veit
Hvers af rotum

We galloped over the glossy sea
I know not if days passed or hours
And Niamh sang continually, Danaan songs

And their dewy showers
With pensive laughter, unhuman sound
Lulled weariness, and softly round
My human sorrow her white arms wound
And nNamh sang continually