LULLABY OF THE WOMAN OF THE MOUNTAIN O little head of gold! O candle of my house! Thou wilt guide all who travel this country. Be quiet, O house! And O little grey mice, Stay at home to-night in your hidden lairs! O moths on the window, fold your wings! Stay at home to-night, O little black chafers! O plover and O curlew, over my house do not travel! Speak not, O barnacle-goose, going over the mountain here! O creatures of the mountain, that wake so early Stir not to-night till the sun whitens over you. -- Padraic Pearse, translated by Thomas MacDonagh.