I'r gad y bloeddia'm Pen o draw

(Rhan I - Y Milwr Cristionogol - Eph. vi, 13-17.)
"I'r gad!" y bloeddia'm Pen o draw
"Deffrowch! mae gallu‘r fall gerllaw!
  Arfogwch oll," medd ef,
      "trwy ras!
  Rhaid marw'n làn,
      neu gonc'ro'r ma's!"

Cyffrow'd fi gan y bywiol dwrdd,
A'm hofnau beichus yrais ffwrdd;
  Wrth wel'd y fyddín ddû'n nesâu,
  Fy arfau wisgais heb lesgâu.

Helm gobaith da,
    a tharian ffydd,
Gair Duw yw'r cleddyf genyf sydd,
  Gwiríonedd am fy lwynau llaes,
  A sêl i'm cymhell ar y maes.

Fel hyn i’r gâd af dan ymroi
I beri'r fyddin lidiog ffoi,
  Tra'r Iesu'n dàl,
      o'i dirion nen,
  Fuddygol faner dros fy mhen.

Fe yw'm hymddiried pur digoll,
Ei waedlyd groes yw'm hymffrost oll;
  Caf trwyddo
      goncwest lwyr i'm rhan,
  A choron conc'rwr yn y man.
J Dafis
Casgliad Joseph Harris 1845

Tonau [MH 8888]:
Bromley (Jeremiah Clarke c.1673-1707)
Coomb's (<1845)

gwelir:
  Rhan II - 'Rwy'n awr yn cyrchu at y nôd

(Part 1 - The Christian Soldier - Eph 6:13-17.)
"To battle!" shouts my Head from afar
"Awake! the power of the devil is at hand!
  Arm ye all yourselves," says he,
      "through grace!
  One must die totally,
      or conquer the field!"

I was stirred by the lively clamour
And my burdensome fears I drove away;
  On seeing the black army approaching,
  My weapons I put on without weakening.

The helmet of a good hope,
    and the shield of faith,
The word of God is the sword I have,
  Truth for my loose loins,
  And zeal to motivate me on the field.

Thus to the battle I go determinedly
To cause the wrathful army to flee,
  While Jesus is holding,
      from his tender heaven,
  A victorious banner over my head.

He is my pure unfailing trust,
His bloody cross is all my boast;
  I shall have through him
      a complete conquest to my portion,
  And a conqueror's crown in a while.
tr. 2023 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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