Mae gwlad i'w chael o wynfyd pur, Lle y teyrnasa'r saint; Trag'wyddol ddydd alltudia'r nos, Ac nid oes yno haint. Trag'wyddol haf sydd yn y wlad, Ni wywa'i blodau hi; Rhyngom a llawn feddianu'r lle, Mae culfor angeu du. Ei meusydd ydynt fythol wrdd, Dan wenau haul y nef; Fel hyn y bu y Canaan gynt, Tu draw'r Jorddonen gref. O na chaem ffydd i ymlid ffwrdd Ein holl amheuon ni; Fel gallem wel'd â golwg glir Ei hyfryd diroedd hi. Pe gallem megis Moses fwyn Gael golwg ar ei gwedd, Yn mlaen y rhodiem yn ddi-fraw, Er angeu du a'r bedd.cyf. Hymns & Tunes in Welsh & English (E T Griffith) 1884
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There is a country to be got of pure blessedness, Where the saints will reign; Eternal day shall exile the night, And there is no infection there. Eternal summer shall be in the country, It's flowers shall not wither; Between us and full possession of the place, Is the strait of black death. Its fields are forever green, Under the smiles of the sun of heaven; Thus was the Canaan of old, Beyond the strong Jordan. Oh that we had faith to chase away All our doubts; Thus would we see with a clear view Of its delightful lands. If we could, like dear Moses, Get to look upon its countenance, Forward we would walk fearlessly, Despite black death and the grave.tr. 2015 Richard B Gillion |
There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides, And never withering flowers; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. O could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise; To see the Canaan that we love, With unbeclouded eyes. Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.Isaac Watts 1674-1748 Hymns and Spiritual Songs 1707
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