Fe drefnwyd draw mewn arfaeth bell

(Yr arfaeth)
Fe drefnwyd draw mewn arfaeth bell,
I gadw myrdd a'u gwneyd yn well,
  'Doedd dim yn well i wneyd a hwy,
  Na'u cuddio yn Ei farwol glwy'.
William Williams 1717-91

Tonau [MH 8888]:
Canon (Thomas Tallis c.1505-85)
Carmel (John Bishop 1665-1737)
Stirling (Ralph Harrison 1748-1810)

(The plan)
It was arranged yonder in a far-off plan,
To save a myriad and to make them better,
  There was nothing better to do with them,
  Than to hide them in His mortal wound.
tr. 2017 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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