Creawdwr mawr holl sêr y nen Cynhaliwr bydoedd maith uwchben, Clyw lef dy blant, a gwrando'n cri, Pan alwom, Iesu, arnat ti. O'th gariad at droseddwyr ffôl, Arfaethaist drefn i'w dwyn yn ôl; Daeth meddyginiaeth fawr ei gwerth, A'r gwan a gafodd newydd nerth. Ti ddaethost, y Priodfab mawr, Ar derfyn oes, o'r nef i lawr Fe'th aned, do, o'r Forwyn Fam, I fod yn aberth pur di-nam. Yn d'enw di a plyg yn awr Bob glin gerbron yr orsedd fawr; Pob tywysogaeth dan y nen A ddaw i'th addef di yn Ben. Cyn dod o'r dydd diwethaf mawr I farnu holl drigolion llawr, O cadw ni dan nawdd dy ras, Rhag saethau llym y gelyn cas. I'r Tri yn Un, a'r Un yn Dri, Boed mawl, anrhydedd, parch a bri; O oes i oes y byddo'r gân I'r Tad a'r Mab a'r Ysbryd Glân.cyf. David Ambrose Jones 1866-1951
Tonau [MH 8888]: |
Great Creator of all the sky's stars Upholder of vast worlds overhead, Hear the entreaty of thy children, and listen to our cry, When we call, Jesus, upon thee. Of thy love toward foolish transgressors, Thou didst ordain providence to bring them back, Medicine of great worth came, And the weak got new strength. Thou camest, the great Bridegroom, At the end of an age, down from heaven Thou was born, yes, of the Virgin Mother, To be a pure faultless sacrifice. In thy name shall bow now Every knee before the great throne; Every principality under the sky Shall come to confess thee as Head. Before coming from the great last day To judge all the dwellers of earth below, O keep us under the refuge of thy grace, From the detestable enemy's sharp arrows. To the Three in One, and the One in Three, Be praise, honour, reverence and renown; From age to age be the song To the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.tr. 2022 Richard B Gillion |
Creator of the stars of night, Thy people's everlasting light, Jesu, Redeemer, save us all, And hear Thy servants when they call. Thou, grieving that the ancient curse Should doom to death a universe, Hast found the medicine, full of grace, To save and heal a ruined race. Thou cam'st, the Bridegroom of the bride, As drew the world to evening-tide; Proceeding from a virgin shrine, The spotless victim all divine. At whose dread name, majestic now, All knees must bend, all hearts must bow; And things celestial Thee shall own, And things terrestrial, Lord alone. O Thou whose coming is with dread To judge and doom the quick and dead, Preserve us, while we dwell below, From every insult of the foe. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Laud, honour, might, and glory be From age to age eternally.John M Neale 1818-66
from the Latin Roman Breviary 1632
a revision of 7th Century |