Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus!

[whotheheckami]

Happy St David’s Day!

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur
I'r bur hoffbau,
O bydded i'r heniaith barhau.

Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur
I'r bur hoffbau,
O bydded i'r heniaith barhau.

Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad dan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Gymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur
I'r bur hoffbau,
O bydded i'r heniaith barhau.

Comments

[nina321.livejournal.com]

What looks like a poem in a language I don't understand a word of, followed by a beautiful picture of leeks.
That had me in stitches...
Sorry hun, it's just... Veg?
hehe...

Hmmmm! ;@

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

English Words
(This is not a literal translation from the Welsh)

The land of my fathers, the land of my choice,
The land in which poets and minstrels rejoice;
The land whose stern warriors were true to the core,
While bleeding for freedom of yore.

Chorus:

Wales! Wales! fav'rite land of Wales!
While sea her wall, may naught befall
To mar the old language of Wales.

Old mountainous Cambria, the Eden of bards,
Each hill and each valley excite my regards;
To the ears of her patriots how charming still seems
The music that flows in her streams.

Wales! Wales! fav'rite land of Wales!
While sea her wall, may naught befall
To mar the old language of Wales.

My country tho' crushed by a hostile array,
The language of Cambria lives on to this day;
The muse has eluded the traitors' foul knives,
The harp of my country survives.

Wales! Wales! fav'rite land of Wales!
While sea her wall, may naught befall
To mar the old language of Wales.


Leeks and Daffodils

Re: Hmmmm! ;@

[deborah_c]

And a pronunciation guide...

Re: Hmmmm! ;@

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

Superb! Thank you :@)

But then there is always the Royal Navy version:


Whales! Whales! Bloody big fishes is whales.
Sardines come in tins,
But Whales won’t fit in.
‘Cos bloody big fishes is whales!

"they live in the sea, I had one for my tea"

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Which is what I totally failed to post earlier.


Please note, I have never knowingly consumed an equatic mammal.