Yr wybren lydan, lân, uwchben, Yngyd â thyner lesni'r ne, Y bydoedd fry, yn wych eu gwawr, A ddatgan glod eu Crëwr mawr; Yr haul ar hynt o ddydd i ddydd Am allu Duw yn sôn y sydd, Cyhoeddant trwy'r holl wledydd draw Weithredoedd hollalluog law. Pan fyddo'r hwyr yn llwydo'r nen, Fe welir gwedd y lleuad wen; Bob nos mae'n sôn yng nghlyw y llawr Am hanes gwaith y Crëwr mawr; O'i chylch y mae y sêr di-ri', Ac ar eu tro'r planedau fry; Cyhoeddant oll heb ball ynghyd Ei glodydd ef hyd eitha'r byd. Er teithio o'r holl fydoedd fry Yn ddistaw gylch ein daear ni, Ac er nad oes na llais na llef Ymhlith holl lu planedau'r nef, Fe dystiant hwy i ddeall dyn, A gorfoleddant yn gytûn, Gan ganu byth yn ddisglair gôr: Y llaw a'n gwnaeth yn llaw yr Iôr.cyf. David Lewis (Ap Ceredigion) 1870-1948
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The broad, clean sky, overhead, Together with the tender blueness of heaven, The worlds above, brilliant their dawn, Declare the praise of their great Creator; The sun on a course from day to day About God's power are mentioning, They publish throughout all the lands yonder The deeds of an almighty hand. When the evening makes the sky grey, The countenance of the white moon is seen; Every night it makes mention in earth's hearing Of the story of the great Creator; Around there are the innumerable stars, And in their turn the planets above; They all publish without fail together His praises to the ends of the world. Although travelling from all the worlds above Silently around our earth, And although there is neither voice nor cry Amongst all the host of heaven's planets, They testify to the understanding of man, And they are jubilant in agreement, While singing forever as a shining choir: "The hand that made us is the hand of the Lord."tr. 2019 Richard B Gillion |
The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame Their great Original proclaim. Th'unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his creator's powers display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; While all the stars that round her burn And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Amid the radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, Forever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.1712 Joseph Addison 1672-1719
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