Am gael cynauaf yn ei bryd
Am gael cynhaeaf yn ei bryd

1,2,3,5;  1,2,(3),4,5.
(Afon Duw)
Am gael cynhaeaf yn ei bryd
  Dyrchafwn foliant byw;
Fe gyfoethogwyd meysydd byd
  Gan fendith afon Duw.

O ffynnon glir haelioni'r nef
  Y tardd yn hardd a byw;
Ac am ei fawr ddaioni Ef
  Y dywed afon Duw.

O! mor ddeniadol yw ei gwedd,
  Gan swyn o ddwyfol ryw:
Pelydra heulwen gras a hedd
  Ar dònau afon Duw.

O hon yr ŷf gronynnau'r llawr,
  A'r egin o bob rhyw:
Nid ydyw gemog wlith y wawr
  Ond dafnau afon Duw.

Pryd hau a medi a geir o hyd;
  Bendithir dynol-ryw
 gwenau'r nef, holl oesoedd byd,
  Trwy dawel afon Duw.
Hugh Cernyw Williams (Cernyw) 1843-1937

Tonau [MC 8686]:
Abergele (J A Lloyd 1815-74)
Belmont (William Gardiner 1769-1853)
Brooklyn (L Mason / W H Havergal)
Dulais (D Vaughan Thomas 1873-1934)
Engedi (Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827)
Farrant (Richard Farrant c.1530-80)
Godre'r Coed (Matthew W Davies 1882-1947)
Hafan (Howard John)
St Agnes (J B Dykes 1823-76)
St Peter (A R Reinagle 1799-1877)
Tallis (Thomas Tallis c.1505-1585)
Wiltshire (G T Smart 1776-1867)
Winchester Old (Salmydd Este)

(God's River)
For having a harvest in its season
  Let us raise lively praise;
The world's fields have been enriched
  By the blessing of God's river.

O bright well of heaven's generosity
  The source beautiful and living;
And for His great goodness
  Speaks God's river.

O how attractive is thy countenance!
  With the charm of a divine kind:
Bright sunshine radiates grace and peace
  On the waves of God's river.

From this the earth's grains drink,
  And the shoots of every kind:
Nor is the jewelled dew of dawn
  But drops of God's river.

Time of sowing and reaping are still had;
  Humankind is being blessed
With heaven's smiles, all the world's ages,
  Through God's quiet river.
tr. 2008,10 Richard B Gillion

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

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