F'enaid gwan sefydla d'olwg

1,2,(3).
(Digon i bwyso arno yn angeu)
F'enaid gwan sefydla d'olwg
  Ar yr Iesu'n unig nôd;
Nid oes arall dâl ei geisio,
  Nac i bwyso arno'n bôd:
Câr Ef nes anghofio'th ofid,
  Yma ar y ddaear ddu;
Câr nes i'th serchiadau hedeg
  Ato i Gaersalem fry.

Câr yr Hwn a fedr wared,
  Ac ymddiried iddo Ef;
Crêd, ac edrych i'r addewid
  Am drysorau rhâd y nef:
Cyfoeth càn' mil
    gwell na'r ddaear
  Sy'n Ei eiriau glân i gyd:
Cyfoeth gwell na'r grëadigaeth
  Im' yw gwedd Ei wyneb-pryd.

Cyfoeth yn yr anial garw,
  Elw 'nglỳn wylofain yw;
Dyffryn galar try'n llawenydd,
  Rhỳdd yn angeu fodd i fyw;
F'enaid, edrych i Galfaria,
  Cofia am riddfanau'r ardd,
Nes b'o'n ddim dy holl deganau
  Byth yn ngwedd Ei wyneb hardd.
Richard Jones ?1771-1833

Tonau [8787D]:
Arfon (alaw Gymreig/Ffrengig)
Bavaria (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809-47)
Bohemia (Darmstädter Gesangbuch 1698)
Eifionydd (J Ambrose Lloyd 1815-74)
Everton (Henry Smart 1813-79)
Vision (S Mason)

(Sufficient to lean on in death)
My weak soul, establish thy sight
  On Jesus our only aim;
There is no-one else worth seeking,
  Nor is there anyone else to lean upon:
Love him until thou forget thy fear,
  Here on the black earth;
Love him until thy affections fly
  To him to Jerusalem above.

Love Him who can deliver,
  And trust in Him;
Believe, and look to the promise
  For the gracious promises of heaven:
Wealth a hundred thousand times
    better than the earth
  Are in all his holy words:
Wealth better than the creation
  To me is the countenance of His face.

Wealth in the rough desert,
  Profit in the vale of lamentation it is;
The valley of mourning shall turn to joy,
  It will give in death a means to live;
My soul, look to Calvary,
  Remember the groanings of the garden,
Until all thy trinkets be as nothing
  Ever in the sight of his beautiful face.
tr. 2019 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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