God listen to my prayer,
bend to me your ear,
let my supplications and my prayers
ascend to you upwards.
Come King of Glory,
to protect me down,
King of life and mercy
with the aid of the Lamb,
Son of Mary Virgin,
to protect me with power.
Source: Invocation of the Graces, written down by Margaret MacDonald, (1888) Carmina Gadelica, Hymns and Incantations…, Vol. I, p. 13
Graphic is from, Carmina Gadelica, Hymns and Incantations…, Vol. I, p. 12
In the original, the prayer ends with these two lines:
Son of the lovely Mary
of purest fairest beauty
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