Dygwyddodd mewn rhwyfodd i'm rhan

Dygwyddodd mewn rhwyfodd i'm rhan,
      - gael addysg,
    C'wilyddio 'r wy' rw'an;
  Na byddwn fyw 'mhob rhyw fan,
  Er d'ioni i bob dynan.

Edward Jones 1761-1836

It happened in some means to my part,
      - to get an education,
    Ashamed I am now;
  That I would not live in every kind of place,
  For the sake of goodness to every insignificant person.

tr. 2014 Richard B Gillion

The middle column is a literal translation of the Welsh (corrections welcome). A Welsh translation is identified by the abbreviation 'cyf.', an English translation by 'tr.'

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