Note 2 — Iona
Reading edition
A more polished later version, though attributed to Columba, runs:—
"An I mo chridhe, I mo ghràidh An àite guth mhanach bidh géum ba; Ach mu'n tig an saoghal gu crich, Bithidh I mar a bha."
(In effect: In Iona that is my heart's desire, Iona that is my love, the lowing of cows shall yet replace the voices of monks: but before the end is come Iona shall again be as it was.)