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by Dafydd ap Gwilym (c1340 - c1400)

Y serch lledrad
Language: Welsh (Cymraeg) 
Dysgais ddwyn cariad esgud esgud,
Diwlad aidd, lledra daidd drud
go rau modd o’r geiriau mad
gael adrodd serch go ledrad.

Cyfryw nych cyfrinachwr llerad gorau cariad gŵr,
Tra fuom mewn tyrfaau fi a’r ddyn, ofer o ddau,
Heb neb ddigasineb sôn, yn tybied ein hatebion.

Cael, herwydd ein wydd hirynt
A wnaethan ymgytgam gynt
Bellachmodd caethach y cair
Cyfran, drwy o gan drigair.
Difa ar un drygdafod.

Drwy gwlm o nych dryglam nod,
Yn lle bwrw en llib eiriau, enw dinam ein dau.
Cerddais, addolais i ddail, Tref eurddyn, traf u irddail
Digrif fu, fun, un ennyd dwyn da nun bedwlwyn ein byd.

Coed olochwyd cydlechu
Cydfyw hwman marian môr,
Cydaros mewn coed oror bedw, gwaith dedwydd,
Cyd blannu bedw gwaith dedwydd cydblethu eidd blu.
Dwyn dan un bedwlwyn ein byd.
Cydlwynach,
Cydadrodd serch â’r ferch fain.
Cydblethu
Cydedrych caeau didrain.

Crefft di gerydd fydd I ferch cydgerdded coed â gordderch,
Cydaros, cydblannu,
Cadw wpoblyneb cydowenu
Cydddigwyddaw garllaw’r llwyn
Cydochel pobl cydachwyn,
Cydfod mwyn,
Cydyfed medd,
Cyd arwain serch, cydorwedd,
Cydddal y cariad celadwy cywir.
Ni mynegir mwy.

Text Authorship:

  • by Dafydd ap Gwilym (c1340 - c1400) [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 serch lledrad", 1989. [SATB 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: 35
Word count: 179

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