Twelve white stags of antlers red come charging through the chase.
Eleven hunters, faery-bred, blow horns of gold and grace.
Ten strong Laigin men, and brave, take up their spear and shield.
Nine fair witches dance and wave the silver branch they wield.
Eight young maidens weave a wrap for Tara's august Rí.
Seven sagely salmon nap beneath a hazel tree.
Six great stones, encircling rings, on Queen Medb's ancient plains.
Five gold torcs encircling kings - bright symbols of their reigns.
Four great treasures - Danann Blade and Cauldron, Spear and Stone.
Three forms of the Goddess - Maid and Motherhood and Crone.
Two realms of the earth - the light and dark, the Night and Day.
One of me to live and fight and die along my way.