Immram Bran

11.
"Gentle is this wondrous land
whose details are lovely.
It is seen as a fair land¹⁶.
It is incomparable in its mystery¹⁷."

12.
"Four inventions are seen¹⁸
over which dragon stones and crystals fall,
showers of the sea descending towards the land.
Clear tresses fall from its crest."

13.
"Wealth and treasures of every hue
are in this calm land with its beauty of freshness.
There is the hearing of sweet music
and the drinking of the wine of intellect¹⁹."

14.
"Chariots of gold are on the Plain of Races²⁰,
rising with the tide to the Sun.
Chariots of silver are in the Plain of Cunning
and of bronze without blemish."

15.
"Horses of yellow gold are in the valley
and steeds of crimson hue.
Some steeds are with wool upon their backs,
others are of the blue of the sky."

16.
"With the sunrise there will come
a fair man who illumines space.
The plain of the sea is struck
and it is stirred until it is blood."

17.
"A host will come over the clear sea
to the land with the sacrifice of their rowing.
They finally row without seeking
delight in return for a hundred musics."

18.
"It sings its music to the noble host
through long ages, it is not sad.
The music swells with additional hundreds.
There was no expecting decline or death."

19.
"Emne of many aspects (is) with the sea
which is near and which is far.
The seers are many thousands of women in a multitude of colors.
There are many treasures in the fingers of the clear sea."

20.
"Struck by the stirring of the music and
the song of the little bird from the gentle calm
brings a host of women from the height (or mouth)
to the valley of the plain of sports which is silent."

21.
"Privilege comes with wholeness
to the land against which man calls
and with gentle and calm effort of reason
comes the pleasure of harvest."

22.
"Destiny comes beside everlasting antiquity.
Showers of silver are upon the earth.
Weapons advance over the very white cliffs
and their presence heats the sun."

23.
"A host of valiant inscriptions²¹ for the sake of the Plain of Feats.
Renowned, splendid, not feeble
In the noble, many-colored countryside is goodliness.
There is no fear of decline or death."

24.
"Listening to the music impels
and brings many-colors,
in the multi-colored countryside of noble gentleness.
Delight gleams from that fair cloud."

25.
"There are three times fifty distant islands
in the ocean²² to the west.
Larger than Erin now with
each doubled or three times."

*Note: The following four quatrains are an Ecclesiastical insertion that does not relate to either the preceding or following quatrains.

26.
"A great birth for the sake of life
Will not be in a lofty place
Son of a woman with a mate who will not be known.
He will place fetters, Lord of many thousands."

27.
"A ruler without beginning, without end
beginning, the world until excess,
is the earth, and sea.
Pity to him that is under (his) displeasure"

28.
"It is difficult to become distant
to God of the white heart.
Host(s) are purified under clear water.
It is he that that can overcome your pestilence."

*Note: Text now returns to original subject matter.

29.
"Not, dark, to every one, is this great gift of speech.
Though many have heard,
let Bran hear amongst the multitude²³
the wisdom that has been told to him."

30.
"Do not fall into sleeping sloth.
Do not battle with intoxication.
Begin a voyage over the clear sea
to discover the tidings of the Land of Women."