Branwen's Lament

Dearest Brother hold me here

Safe in your embrace

For I feel, death is near

Her breath upon my face

Across the Irish sea, you came to rescue me

Leading an army to avenge my shame

Two islands torn apart, like my broken heart

From your army just seven remain

Sister I heard you calling to me

O'er the Irish sea

I brought a war to those foreign shores

For to set you free

Now I feel I'm dying poison in my veins

But for you my dear Sister I'd do it again

I can hear as I close my eyes

The screams of my young Son

Cast into the burning fire

By Efnysien

After death I'll find peace, all of my pain will cease

Brother you are my dearest friend

Now I will welcome death, I will draw my last breath

And this Raven will fly again

Lay her body within the Earth

In this four-cornered tomb

So her Spirit will know rebirth

From our Mother's womb

And though you lie in the earth so cold

Know that your story will forever be told

Bury my head facing over the sea

And while it remains this land will be free