Bean ina suí
Agus í ag caoi,
I ndiaidh a héignithe.
Ba chomharsana di
Lucht scriosta a tí:
Fir mhóra groí
Faoi éide airm,
Is feairíní
Gan folach.
Ba mhaith liom í
A fháisceadh lem chroí,
Le go bhfeicfeadh sí
Críostaí
Ar dhein Moslamach di
Ar feadh meandair.

A woman sitting
Weeping
After her desecration.
The destroyers of her home
Were neighbours of hers:
Big, stalwart men
Dressed for war,
And little men
Exposed.
I'd like to hug her
Closely to my heart,
So that she could see
One Christian who
Turned Muslim
For a moment.