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With h/t to Blue Eyed Ennis:

Here are the modern Irish lyrics and a translation by Professor Gerard Murphy of this well-loved hymn:

Deus meus adiuva me
Tabhair dom do shearch,a Mhic ghil Dé
Tabhair dom do shearch,a Mhic ghil Dé
Deus meus adiuva me.

Domine da quod peto a te,
Tabhair dom go dian a ghrian ghlan ghlé,
Tabhair dom go dian a ghrian ghlan ghlé,
Domine da quod peto a te.

Domine, Domine, exaudi me,
M’anam bheith lán de d’ghrá, a Dhé,
M’anam bheith lán de d’ghrá, a Dhé,
Domine, Domine exaudi me

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My God, help me. Give me love of thee, O Son of God.
Give me love of thee, O son of God. My God, help me.
Into my heart that it may be whole, O glorious King, swiftly bring love of thee.
Glorious King, swiftly bring love of thee into my heart that it may be whole.


Lord, give what I ask of thee – give, give speedily, O bright and gleaming sun - give, give speedily, O bright and gleaming sun - Lord, give what I ask of thee.
This thing which I hope and seek, love of thee in this world, love of thee in that, love of thee in this world, love of thee in that, this thing which I hope and seek.


Love of thee, as thou wishest, give me in thy might (I will say it again).
Give me in thy might (I will say it again) love of thee, as thou wishest.
I seek, I beg, I ask of thee that I be in Heaven, dear Son of God.
That I be in Heaven, dear Son of God, I seek, I beg, I ask of thee.


My Lord, hear me.
May my soul, O God, be full of love for thee.
May my soul, O God, be full of love for thee.
My God, help me.

Source: Gerard Murphy, Early Irish Lyrics: Eighth to Twelfth Centuries, (repr. Dublin 1998), 52-59