Sleep a little, just a little,
For there's nothing for you to fear
Sleep, dear lad, to whom I have given
All my love, sleep softly my dear.
I shall watch while you sleep
So peacefully and so deep
A loving watch shall I keep
That no pursuer may creep
Surprising Diarmait there.
Sleep a little, just a little,
Lay your weary head on my breast,
Sleep as Aine slept, when by torch-light
She and her lover fared to the west.
My heart would break
Should we be fated to part,
So sleep, dear love, for my sake
And ease my anxious heart,
Diarmait, sleep and rest.