I will pick the smooth yarrow that my figure may be more elegant, that my lips may be warmer, that my voice may be more cheerful; may my voice be like a sunbeam, may my lips be like the juice of the strawberries.

May I be an island in the sea, may I be a hill on the land, may I be a star when the moon wanes, may I be a staff to the weak one; I shall wound every man, no man shall wound me.

Traditional Scottish Folk-Charm

Fishful the sea!
Fruitful the land!
A fountain of fish!
Fish under wave
Like a torrent of birds, a crowded sea!

A white hail
of countless salmon,
of broad-mouthed whales!
A harbour spell -
A fountain of fish, a fishful sea!

A magic cloud I put on thee
from dog
from cat
from cow
from horse
from man
from maiden
and from little child
till I again return

Scottish