Blessing for a new car
There it is, the new car,
shining and promising!
Nehalennia, lady of the shipping ways:
Expand your competences to cover my ways!
Let the motor hum!
Let the streets be free of obstacles!
Let the people in this car always reach their destinations safely!
Nehalennia, patroness, companion:
Be at my side!
Eine Kerze brennt für euch:
Die, von denen vielleicht nicht mal mehr ein Name geblieben ist
Die, deren Taten im Meer des Vergessens untergegangen sind
Die, an die sich keiner mehr erinnert
Eine Kerze brennt für euch, um euch zu zeigen:
Ihr seid nicht ganz vergessen!
Ihr habt Spuren hinterlassen, und mögen sie noch so flüchtig sein!
Euer Tun damals wirkt wie ein Stein, den ihr ins Wasser geworfen habt:
Wir sehen den Stein nicht,
aber die Wellen, die er verursacht hat,
berühren uns noch heute.
Diese Kerze brennt für euch!
In English:
A prayer to ancestors unknown
A candle burns for you:
Those of whom not even a name is left
Those whose deeds drowned in the sea of oblivion
Those who aren’t remembered by anyone
A candle burns for you, to show you:
You are not completely forgotten!
You left traces, even if they are fleetingly!
What you did back then worked like a stone thrown into water:
We don’t see the stone anymore,
but the waves it effected
affect us even today.
This candle burns for you!
I’ve been to the graveyard last sunday to visit my grandparents’s graves. There is a memorial, too, for WWII. I lighted a candle there, and this was what came to my mind.
Crafting
The work of my hands is spread our before me:
Many pieces, bis and small,
carefully individually crafted.
That’s what you can see.
The work of my thoughts is spread out before me:
Every piece crafted with love,
underlined with happy memories of the receiving person
and accompanied by good wishes.
That’s what you can feel (I hope).
Keine Inspiration.
Zu müde zum Beten.
Erschöpft,
ausgelaugt,
ausgebrannt.
Heute Abend ruft mich nur noch das Sofa.
Lasst mich nicht hängen, ihr Kindred,
und schenkt mir euren Segen,
der die Lebensgeister weckt und
mir neue Kraft verleiht.
In English:
A prayer when there’s no energy left
No inspiration.
Too tired for praying.
Exhausted,
depleted,
burnt out.
The only thing that’s calling out to me tonight is my couch.
Don’t leave me behind, you Kindreds,
and give me your blessings
that raise the spirits of life
and present me with new strength.
Hufspuren im weichen Sand,
mal Pferd, mal Reiterin,
Epona
Hufspuren, denen ich folge,
mal Mutter, mal Kämpferin,
Epona
Hufspuren in meinem Leben
hast du hinterlassen,
Epona
Nimm mich mit auf deine Reise,
Schutzpatronin der Fohlen,
Seelenbegleiterin,
gewähre mir deinen Schutz und deine Geborgenheit
und lehre mich deine Stärke und Unabhängigkeit.
Diese Rose ist mein Geschenk für dich.
Das Bild im Hintergrund der Gebsetskarte zeigt die Epona-Statue von Wolfgang Seipenbusch aus dem keltischen Skultpurenweg auf dem Donnersberg. Anders als die meisten Eponadarstellungen zeigt sie die Göttin mit Pferdekopf.
In English:
Traces of hooves in the soft sand,
sometimes horse, sometimes rider,
Epona
Traces of hooves that I follow,
sometimes mother, sometimes fighter,
Epona
Traces of hooves in my life
you have left behind,
Epona
Take me with you on your journey,
patroness of foals
soul companion,
grant me your protection and comfort
and teach me your strength and independance.
This rose may be my gift for you.
The background image shows the Epona Statue by Wolfgang Seipenbusch on the Celtic Sculptures Way on Donnersberg, Germany. It shows the goddess with a horse’s head.
In English:
Thank you for creativity
It’s just a box with many Lego parts,
a wild mix from different sets.
No manual, no complete packages.
And even so they have been playing for hours now,
building, experimenting and working together.
Thank you that my children have not forgotten how to be creative on their own and let their fantasy run wild.
In English:
Prayer for a test
Kindreds, my son is writing a test today.
He has practised a lot for it.
I ask you: Reward his diligence and support him now!
Odin, ich ask you for your wisdom and your thirst for knowledge!
Heimdall, ich ask you for your sharp eye, which lets you recognize problems early!
Saga, I ask you for your delight in telling stories and your creativity!
Frigga, I ask you for your talent to organize that lets you control each situation!
Uller, I ask you for your precision which lets you arrow find his target!
Thor, I ask you for your perseverance which you show in all things!
Kindreds, be around him, with him and in ihm,
when he is starting to write!
In English:
Prayer for an ill friend
A person I knowl well got bad news:
A severe disease is spreading through her body.
I call to
Eira and Brighid,
Grannus and Asklepios,
Aušutas and all the other divine entities of healing:
Give her strength and let your powers work within her!
As this candle burns and the candlewick gets smaller,
your blessings may flow in her and speed up the healing proces!
In English:
A prayer for snow
Frau Holle, shake your cushions,
let it snow for us,
so that you snowflakes form a blanket,
white, soft and airy,
hiding all the dirt,
so that eye and mind can focus on the beautiful things in life again.
Frau Holle, shake your cushions,
let it snow for us,
so my children will make the experience
how nice it is to play in the snow,
white, soft and airy,
tho throw snowballs and build a snowman.
In English:
Prayer for a restful sleep
What a chaotic day!
Appointments that were delayed or overlapped
Unexpected news that turned everything upside down…
When I go to bed now
my head will still be full of chaos:
Thoughts and feelings,
plans and processing
won’t let me find peace.
Hypnos, you who brings sleep, I ask you:
Fill my head with silence!
Give me the relaxation and rest I need
to have a fresh start tomorrow.