Immram Bran

51.
"Manannan Son of Lir will co-habit.
The gentle Lord will move in the bed.
He will cherish the son who will win the world,
which Fiachna will nurse well."

52.
"He will bring good humor with every outpouring.
each characteristic, each good portion
reveals the secrets that are clearly seen.
He will be known in the world as without fear."

53.
"Without slander, he will be loved by thousands.
He will be a leader on the crystal sea and the earth.
Part hero in his time, he will have many triumphs.
He will be part wolf, to the hot-blooded³³ ."

54.
"Part hero, with the gift of silver from a woman ³⁴ ,
he will drive a chariot pulled by a stag across the countryside.
Part wisdom, the speckled trout form many straight lines.
Part divided, he is a white female swan ³⁵ ."

55.
"He seeks slander throughout the world.
One hundred fair kings in abundance
are dropped into enduring hillside graves.
Red trees (or woods) surround the journey."

56.
"He journeys as a member of the band of princes.
It is in his nature to be a warrior.
His stronghold is his inherent nature
against many grievousness."

57.
"He is a champion at word play among the princes.
He leads through his calm manner.
He is more than a part of Manannan Mac Lir,
who is his father and his teacher of the poetic arts."

58.
"Certainly, his time will be short,
when he spends 50 years in this world.
In the pen of his lap-dog misfortune as fire ³⁶ from a wave (of the sea).
There will be extreme conflict as ancient words are spoken ³⁷ ."

59.
"He will ask to be returned to a place beyond the Lake ³⁸ .
When he lies in the fairy hill enclosure.
The white host will carry him beyond the wheel of clouds
to the gathering place of at the proper time."

60.
"Be steady then on the voyage bestowed on Bran
Is it not distant to the Land of Women,
the many colored Otherworld with modesty and decorum.
The boundary will be reached by sunset."

61.
Afterwards, Bran went away with nothing from it ³⁹ until he saw an island. He rowed a great circle around it and saw a large host gaping and laughing noisily. They were all staring at Bran and his companions, but they would not speak to them ⁴⁰ . Later that night a strong wind came up. Bran sent one of his men to the island. The augury stones were consulted and told an old story of gaping mouths that resulted from the playful action of the people that they would not cease. The man whom Bran sent to the island joined those there and laughed greatly. And the name of the island thereafter was the "Island of Glee."⁴¹Thereupon for whatever reason they left the man behind.

62.
Death endures after that in the women's mansion of earth with the treaty between the women and Bran - the women and that stump. The Chief of the Women stood on the land before Bran and spoke, "Bran son of Febail, the ripe corn comes from the earth and not the hand of Bran. In the plain little boat, Bran covered his face from the woman of fair beauty. From the palm of her hand, in a great feat, the Beautiful woman cast a single thread, formed by the hands of many, that went straight to the hand of Bran. The currach was now obliged to move towards the port ⁴². Leaving injury behind, they entered the Mansion of the Sea. A feast was set for all of the three nines of couples ⁴³. The food and drink for all did not vanish ⁴⁴. The passage of time was hidden from them and they were absent from their boat for many years. Everything was brilliant ⁴⁵.

63.
The knowledge of their destruction at last grasped one of the men, Nechtán Mac Collbrain ⁴⁶. He urged his kindred to press Bran to return to Ireland. The Woman warned that they would regret their return and reminded them of the one left on the Island of Laughter, whose cause had brought strife to his companions.

64.
After a noisy contention they proceeded to come near to Sruib Brain ⁴⁷. There was a gathering there with games and one on the shore asked who travels on the sea. Bran said, I am Bran, Son of Ferbail. Those on shore knew not of Bran and his companions, but they did know old stories of the Voyage of Bran.

65.
One man jumped from the boat. A gust of wind ⁴⁸ blew him towards Erin. As he touched land, he became a pile of dust as if he had been dead for many hundred years. Then Bran sang every line of this poem (song).

"The son of Collbrain is in the great wide-mouthed jar ⁴⁹.
He lifted his hand to the fruit of the oak ⁵⁰
without anyone putting the wave of clean water
over the son of Collbrann ⁵¹."

66.
Thereafter Bran relates all of the stories of his voyage, from the beginning unto the end, to the assembly, and he wrote the mysteries in ogam. Thereupon he bade farewell and no one knows of the story stone since ⁵².