I am teaching a Bible study using the themes from the hymn "Be Thou My Vision" (Rob tu mo bhoile). In stanza/verse #9, Mary Byrne (1905) translated the Irish word "chotlud" to be the English word "beloved." That doesn't seem to make any sense; all of my on-line research suggests chotlud means "sleep." Does anyone have an explanation for why this word would be translated "beloved" instead of "sleep?" (Mo chuit, mo chotlud, ar meit do grada BECAME My treasure, my beloved, through the greatness of thy love). Please forgive the lack of proper Irish punctuation here, and thank you for any suggestions. /SB

I have locked this duplicate thread to avoid confusion, but I have edited your earlier title to incorporate what you wanted to. If anyone wants to reply to this, please go to: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2705&p=24784#p24784 Saoirse.

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