Bynag beth a welodd llygad

(Gweled yr Iesu)
Bynag beth a welodd llygad,
  Neu a deimlwyd is y rhod,
Bynag beth a glywodd clustiau,
  Neu beth bynag sydd yn bod;
Holl wrthddrychau'r ddaear isod,
  Mewn un fynyd ddarfu 'nghyd,
Er pan ce's yr olwg gyntaf
  Ar Iachawdwr mawr y byd.

Mae fy hwyliau heddyw'n chwareu 
  'N llawen yn yr awel bur; 
Ac 'rwy'n clywed swn caniadau 
  Peraidd paradwysaidd dir: 
Ffarwel haul, a lloer, a thrysor,
  Ffarwel ddaear, ffarwel ddyn; 
Nid oes dim o tan yr wybren 
  Ag sy'n fawr, ond Duw ei hun. 

Cauwch lygaid, nac agorwch, 
  Ar un gwrthddrych īs y nef; 
Crafia, f'enaid, olwg syml
  Ar 'i ogoniant dwyfol Ef;
Mae ei Hanfod, mae ei Enw, 
  Mae ei Berson sanctaidd pur, 
Gymmaint uwch gwrthddrychau natur 
  Ag yw'r nefoedd uwch y tir.
William Williams 1717-91

Ton [8787D]: Edinburgh (F A G Ouseley 1825-89)

gwelir: Dacw'r ardal dacw'r hafan

(Seeing Jesus)
Whatever an eye has seen,
  Or has been felt under the sky,
Whatever ears have heard,
  Or whatever that is existing;
All the objects of the earth below,
  In one minute shall vanish altogether,
Since I got the first sight
  Of the great Saviour of the world.

My sails today are playing
  Joyfully in the pure breeze;
And I am hearing the sound of the sweet
  Songs of the paradisiacal land:
Farewell sun, and moon, and treasure,
  Farewell earth, farewell man;
There is nothing under the firmament
  That is great, but God himself.

Close, ye eyes, open ye not,
  Upon any object under heaaven;
Stare, my soul, a simple gaze
  Upon his divine glory;
His Essence, his Name,
  His pure sacred Person is
So much higher than the objects of nature
  As the heavens are above the land.
tr. 2024 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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