Yn y dyddiau gynt

  Yn y dyddiau gynt,
  Pan chwareuai'r gwynt
Ar ei hynt drwy dderw Môn,
  Caed ar goed Tre'r Dryw -
  Gyfriniol rwy -
Uchelwydd, fel mae'r sôn:

  Drwy y gaeaf blin,
  Ei ddewinol rin
A gysegrai'r dderwen gref;
  Neu fel mebyn gwiw
  I ryw eilun Dduw,
Mewn derw grŷd oedd ef.

Mewn gwisg wen,
Deuai'r Derwydd at y pren;
  Torrai ef y gwŷdd,
  Mewn distawrwydd prudd,

Gyda'i gryman aur i lawr:
  Ger y maen cŵyd lef,
  Trwy'r fflam i'r Nef,
Ar anterth awr.

Ar y pren,
Heb y Derwydd a'i wisg wen,
  Uchelwydd gawn,
  Â'i berlog rawn,

Ar Nadolig Crist o hŷd,
  Dyrchwyd Ef ar y groes,
  A'i fywyd roes,
Dros euog fŷd.

  In the former days,
  When the wind would play
On its course through the oaks of Anglesley,
  Got on the wood of Tre'r Dryw -
  Something mystical -
Mistletoe, as they say:

  Through the grievous winter,
  Its magical merit
Would consecrate the strong oak;
  Or like a worthy child
  To some image of God,
In an oak crib it was.

In white clothing,
The Druid would come to the tree;
  He would cut the wood,
  In sorrowful silence,

With his gold scythe down:
  By the stone he raises a cry,
  Through the flame to Heaven,
At terce.

On the tree,
Without the Druid and his white clothing,
  Mistletoe we may get,
  With its pearly berries,

At the Nativity of Christ still,
  He was lifted up on the cross,
  And his life he gave,
For a guilty world.

  In the days of old,
  when the streams ran gold,
And the wood wav'd all around,
  In the Druid's haunt
  That mystic plant,
The mistletoe, was found.

  To the rough oak's arm,
  like a saving charm,
Thro' the winter's rage it clung,
  As pure as snow
  On the ground below,
In virgin beauty sprung.

Year by year,
At its sight the white-robed seer
  From him sylvan cell
  With a woven spell

And a golden sickle came,
  With its glist'ring bead
  And stem to feed
His altar flame.

Yule by yule -
  Though no more
The mage has rule -
  The mistletoe on high we show

At the joyful feast of Christ,
  Who as lifted high above
  To win our love,
And sacrificed.