by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Y gelynnen
Language: Welsh (Cymraeg)
Dyn ŵyf fi a roes ei fryd argael ei fyd yn llawen, Ac y rŵan ‘rwyn dwyn dig am blethu brig celyn nen. Er Gŵyl Ifan fe ddaeth haint I dorri braint y fed wen. Mi a ddeliais am fy march mai gwell fydd parch gelynnen, Ynn a derw, helyg, drain a chyda rhain y wernen, Cyll ac efyll, aethwydd llwy’, Ifi, bae a bocs ac yw, Ac ‘wyllys Duw sydd amgen. Dyma’r cwmpeini glân I gyd a gâr y glud gelynnen. Galle ŵr drwy syn nwyr serch leidio merch esgeirwen, A’i chusannu hi dan y wyrdd gelynnen. Lawer pry dydd dedwydd daith Heb wneuthur gwaith ond darllen cerdd Pan ddêl rhew ag eira mawr I blagio llawr y fed wen Cewch chi weled ym mhob plas fraint I’r lás, lás gelynnen, Ac oni cheffir eos o’r llwyn, Mi a ga’r fwyn fwyalchen Gyda mi dydd a nôs, Ac o daw gofyn pwy a wnaeth hyn, dyn ni fyn dim ab sen Ond rhoi’i fendith gan bob awr a garo’n fawr gelynnen!
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 16th century )  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dalwyn Henshall (b. 1957), "Y gelynnen", published c1980. [TTBB chorus and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 172