Y ddaear fud ro'i meirw'n fyw

(Dioddefaint Crist - Rhan II)
Y ddaear fud ro'i
    meirw'n fyw,
A'r creigydd fry a holltai'n friw,
  Wrth wel'd y Crëwr pur;
Yr haul ymguddiai wrth y loes,
Y lloer a'r sêr ai'n dywyll nos:
  O! f'enaid, cofia'i gur.

Trywanwyd, do,
    fy Mhrynwr rhad,
Nes daeth o'i galon ddŵr a gwaed,
  Yn ffrwd fel afon bur,
Oedd ar y llawr
    i'w wel'd yn llyn,
Yn frwd, ar ben Calfaria fryn:
  O! f'enaid, cofia'i gur.

Mi glywa'i lef pan
    chwerwa'i loes,
A'i irad gri ef ar y groes,
  Am faddeu i mi'n wir;
Ei weddi troswyf, ai uwch nen,
A mi'n ei hoelio ar y pren:
  O! f'enaid, cofia'i gur.

Dros f'enaid i bu'r addfwyn Oen,
Fel hyn, yn dioddef dirfawr boen,
  I'm gwneyd yn rhydd yn wir:
'Roedd yn ei fryd orphenu'r gwaith
O eithaf tragwyddoldeb maith:
  O! f'enaid, cofia'i gur.
William Williams 1717-91

Tonau [886D]:
Croeshoeliad (alaw Gymreig)
St John (alaw henafol)
Sion (Jakob Hintze 1622-1702)

gwelir:
  Rhan I - O deffro tro fy enaid
  Ca'dd gario'r groes i ben y bryn
  Fy enaid nac anghofia groes
  O boed fy nghalon oll ar dân
  Rhow'd mantell goch am dan yr Oen
  Trywanwyd do fy Mhrynwr rhad
  Yn Eden cofiaf hynny byth

(The Suffering of Christ - Part 2)
The mute earth gave up
    it's dead alive,
And the rocks above split apart,
  On seeing the pure Creator;
The sun hid itself from the anguish,
The moon and the stars became dark night:
  O my soul, remember his pain!

He was pierced, he was,
    my gracious Redeemer,
Until from his heart came water and blood,
  As a stream like a pure river,
That was on the ground
    to be seen as a lake,
Ardently, on the summit of Calvary hill:
  O my soul, remember his pain!

I hear his cry when
    his anguish turns bitter,
And his sorrowful shout on the cross,
  For forgiving me truly;
His prayer for me, going above the sky,
And I nailing him to the cross:
  O my soul, remember his pain!

For my soul did the gentle Lamb,
Thus, suffer tremendous pain,
  For me to be made free truly:
It was in his mind to finish the work
From the extremity of vast eternity:
  O my soul, remember his pain.
tr. 2021 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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