Note 10 — Chapter XXXII
Reading edition
The first verse runs thus in modern Gaelic:
"Beir a mhanaigh leat do chos Tóg anois i de thaoibh Néill Is ró mhór chuiris de chré Ar an té le' luidhinn féin."
See p. 75 of the Gaelic part of the book of the Dean of Lismore.
Literally: "Monk, remove thy foot, lift it off the grave of Niall, too long heapest thou the earth on him by whom I fain would lie!
"Too long dost thou, O monk there, heap the earth on noble Niall. Go gently, brown friend, press not the earth with thy sole.
"Do not firmly close the grave; sorrowful, cleric, is thy office; lift [thy foot] off the bright Niall Black-knee; monk, remove thy foot!
"The son of the descendant of Niall of the white gold, 'tis not of my will that he is bound [in the grave]; let his grave and stone be left: monk, remove thy foot!
"I am Gormly, who compose the verse; daughter of hardy Flann. Stand not upon his grave! Monk, remove thy foot!"