為自己出征

To JH

Irish Toasts

May the frost never afflict your spuds.
May the outside leaves of your cabbage
always be free from worms.
May the crows never pick your haystack,
and may your donkey always be in foal.

Health and long life to you.
The husband of your choice to you.
A child every year to you.
Land without rent to you.
And may you be half-an-hour in heaven
before the devil knows you're dead.
* Sláinte

May you live as long as you want
and never want as long as you live!

May you die in bed at 95 years,
shot by a jealous wife.

May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door.

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back,
the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rain fall soft upon your fields,
and until we meet again.
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

from "Sláinte!"

* Health

source : IRISH TOAST, from Sláinte, your book of Irish Toasts and Irish Whiskey