Addwyn plwyf cymrwyf, Ddyf a'i towys
Arall addwyn, amser paradwys
Addwyn lloer, llewychawd yn elfydd
Arall addwyn pan da ddymgofydd
Addwyn haf araf hwyr hirddydd
Arall addwyn, a thriedd a gerydd
Addwyn blodeu ar warthaf perwydd
Arall addwyn, achre cerenhydd
Addwyn di dryf i ewig ac elein
Arall addwyn, cynawr am harwein
Addwyn lluarth, pan llwydd i genhin
Arall addwyn, cadafarth yn egin
Addwyn eddystr yng hebystr lledrin
Arall addwyn, cyweithas brenhin
Addwyn glew, nwy goleith gogyweg
Arall addwyn, i ellein gallineb
Addwyn grug pan fytho ehoeg
Arall addwyn, morfa i wartheg
Addwyn dymhor, pan dynn lloi laeth
Arall addwyn, enwyn maeronaeth
Ac yssydd i mi addwyn nid gwaeth,
Athal lawn full wrth dal meddweith
Addwyn i bysc y llyn y llywiawd
Arall addwyn, goralw gwaryhawd
Addwyn gair a lefeir y Drindawd
Arall addwyn, penyd i bechawd
Ys addwynhaf o bob addwyndawd
Caffel cerenhydd Dofydd ddyddbrawd
TRANSLATION
Delightful are the united people, God leading it
Delightful too the age of innocence.
Pleasant the moon that shines on earth
Pleasant too, when the good you recall.
Pleasant is summer, the lingering dusk of a long day
Pleasant too the communion thou lovest.
Beautiful are the flowers on the fruit trees,
and delightful the budding of friendship.
Pleasant is solitude to the roe and fawn
Pleasant too a huntsman to guide me.
Pleasant the garden when vegetables flourish
and sweet the charlock in young corn.
Pleasant the charger that is bridled
Pleasant too, the fellowship of a king.
Glorious the brave whom indecision will not destroy
Glorious, too, his splendid circumspection.
Pleasant the heath when it is green
Pleasant, too the meadows to the cows.
Pleasant the season when calves draw milk
Pleasant, too, the butter-milk of the dairy.
And what is to me no less pleasant,
the guerdon of a full horn beside the mead - vat.
Pleasant to the fish the water he steers in
Pleasant, too, to call decisive for the play.
Pleasant the message the Trinity delivers
Pleasant, too, (that there is ) penance for sin.
The pleasates of every pleasant thing
The assured friendship of the Lord at last.
credits
from Taliesin,
released September 21, 2017
Composer Sianed Jones Poetry Taliesin
Strings, vocals, sampled percussion, recording, mixing, mastering by Sianed Jones Photo by Michal Iwanowski
Sianed is a composer / performer that works in many different ways:- as a soloist creating site specific, multi media bi-
lingual settings for her music. She also works in collaboration with, theatre makers, dancers, writers, poets, storytellers. Rooted in Wales and looking outwards towards the rest of the world and the future....more
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