O am lechu yn y clwyfau

(Arch i achub)
O am lechu yn y clwyfau
  Gynt agorwyd ar y pren,
Unig noddfa f'enaid ydyw'r
  Gwr ogwyddodd yno'i ben;
    Pwysaf arno,
  Doed hi arnaf fel y del.

Nid oes fan dan y nefoedd
  Lle caf yn ddiangol fod,
Ond o fewn yr arch ysbrydol;
  Byth i Iesu byddo'r clod:
    Rhag y diluw,
  Yno caf fy nghadw'n fyw.
Cas. o dros 2000 o Hymnau (Samuel Roberts) 1841

Tonau [878747]:
Ardudwy (John Roberts 1822-77)
Verona (alaw Italaidd)

(An ark to save)
O to hide in the wounds
  Once opened on the tree,
The only refuge of my soul is the
  Man who bowed there his head;
    I shall lean on him,
  Come upon me what may.

There is no place under heaven
  Where I shall be safe,
But within the spiritual ark;
  Forever to Jesus be the praise:
    From the deluge,
  There I shall be kept alive.
tr. 2018 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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