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Cân O Glod I'r Clettwr
02:30
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The green grass on the banks of the Teifi
Has tricked many a cow into drowning.
Many a girl has also tricked me
To leave the straight road for the desolate track.
One morning I was walking
Between the grass and the small trees.
There I met a neighbour,
One of the two-faced traitors.
The first thing I asked him —
How to love a girl and support her?
“Put aside her company for a year;
Little by little she will come to love you more.”
Colour of sunlight on the hills, colour of the lily upon the hill,
When you go from here, my dear remember this:
Your looks, your hand and your gracious manner, girl,
And your gentle, pretty nature has attracted my love.
I took that old fool’s advice;
For a year I gave her up.
After a year I went back
Thinking I would then have her company.
The girl gave an answer easy to understand —
“You have failed to get anyone else,
So, go far away, don’t come close,
I marry before the weekend.”
It’s very easy to recognise a hare, running in all haste;
It’s very easy to recognise partridges when they rise in a clamour;
The great oak amongst the little clover;
Woe is me that it’s not so easy to know a fair girl.
The mill must grind when it has water;
The smith must work while the iron remains hot;
The sheep must love the little lamb while it’s weak;
I must accept whoever is suitable for me.
Blewyn glas ar lan dŵr Teifi
A dwyllodd lawer buwch i foddi.
Llawer merch a ’nhwyllodd inne
O’r union ffyrdd i’r anial lwybre.
Rown i’n rhodio rhyw foreddydd
Rhwng y glaswellt a’r mân goedydd,
Cwrddyd wnes i â hen gymydog,
Un o’r bradwyr dau-wynebog.
Cynta’ peth ofynnais iddo —
Sut mae caru merch a’i chario?
“Rho di heibio’i chwmni flwyddyn,
Daw i’th garu bob yn ronyn.”
Cytgan
Lliw’r heulwen ar y bronydd, lliw’r lili ar y bryn,
Pan elwi oddi yma, f’anwylyd cofia hyn:
Dy lun, dy law a’th lân ymddygiad, ferch,
A’th anian bert addfwynol sydd wedi tynnu’m serch.
Fe nes gyngor yr hen ffŵl hynny;
Am flwyddyn rhois i heibio’I chwmni
Es yn ôl ymhen y flwyddyn
Gan feddwl cael ei chwmni wedyn.
Y ferch ateb’sai’n hawdd ei deall —
“Ffaelaist ti â chael neb arall.
Cer’ di ʼmhell, na ddea’n agos.
Rwy’n priodi cyn penwythnos.”
Hawdd iawn yw ’nabod sgwarnog, yn rhedeg ar ei ffrwst;
Hawdd iawn yw nabod petris, pan godant ar eu trwst;
Y dderwen fawr, ymysg y meillion mân.
Gwae fi na bai mor hawsed, i ’nabod merch fach lân.
Mae’n rhaid i’r felin falu pan gaffo ati ddŵr;
Mae’n rhaid i’r gof i weithio tra paro’r haearn yn frwd;
Mae’n rhaid i’r ddafad garu’r oen bach tra byddo’n wan;
Mae’n rhaid i minnau gymryd y sawl sydd ar fy rhan.
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Y Deryn Du
03:56
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5. |
Taith Y Cardi
04:58
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Y Fwyalchen Ddu Bigfelen
04:28
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O’r fwyalchen ddu bigfelen,
Swyna’r fron â’th gynnar gân.
Nodau peraidd calon lawen
Ddeffry gôr yr adar mân.
Tyrd i wrando cwyn bachgennyn
Sydd mewn gofid nos a dydd:
Hiraeth creulon sy’n ei ganlyn,
Hiraeth dyr ei galon brudd.
Gado cymoedd ceinion Cymru,
Gado swyn hen wlad y gân,
O mor anhawdd yw gwahanu
Cymro pur a Chymru lân.
Cwyd dy nodau hiraeth calon
Tra rwy’n tario ’ngwlad y Sais,
Mewn atgofion am y Goed-fron
Lle bu gynt mor fwyn dy lais.
Oh, yellow beaked black bird,
Enchant the heart with your early song.
Sweet notes of a merry heart
Wakes the choir of little birds.
Come and listen to the complaint of a boy
Who is in heartache night and day:
A cruel longing pursues him,
Longing breaks his sad heart.
Leaving the elegant vales of Wales,
Leaving the enchantment of the land of song,
O so difficult is separating
A pure Welshman from fair Wales.
Your notes evoke the hearts longing
As you tarry in the Englishman’s land,
In memories of Coed-fron
Where once your voice was so dear.
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7. |
Lliw'r Ceiroes
05:37
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8. |
Broga Bach
04:05
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9. |
Cân Dyffryn Clettwr
04:25
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10. |
Myn Mair
04:42
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11. |
Ffarwel I Aberystwyth
04:16
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Cynefin Wales, UK
Cynefin (pr.‘kuh-neh-vin’) is the musical brainchild of Clettwr Valley native Owen Shiers. Fascinated by music and history, it is a bid to give a voice to an area of his corner of Wales. Starting out from his home village and travelling through the musical landscape of Ceredigion, Owen has unearthed seasoned songs and stories, some never before recorded, and given them new life in the present. ... more
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