A sunbeam to warm you, A moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.

This verse is commonly circulated as part of a modern “Irish blessing” used in greeting cards, toasts, and well-wishing messages (often for birthdays, weddings, or farewells). It reflects the late-19th- to 20th-century Anglophone tradition of attributing short, rhymed benedictions to Irish folk culture, even when the text is not traceable to a specific Irish-language original or a single identifiable author. In practice, it functions as a compact, affectionate charm: invoking warmth (sunbeam), beauty (moonbeam), and spiritual protection (an angel) as everyday safeguards for the recipient.

The blessing offers a compact triad of protections: warmth (sunbeam), delight or wonder (moonbeam), and spiritual safety (a sheltering angel). Its movement from natural light to supernatural guardianship suggests that well-being includes both bodily comfort and inward reassurance. The rhyme and gentle cadence make it easy to memorize and recite, reinforcing its function as a spoken charm or affectionate send-off. In a broader sense, it expresses a wish that the recipient’s path be lit by kindness and beauty, and that unseen care—whether understood religiously or metaphorically—stand between them and harm.