Nid oes cyrch rhag angau dwys cadr

Nid oes cyrch
    rhag angau dwys cadr - na dôr,
Na chlêdd na phylor, na chlawdd na phaladr.

dyfyn o
Awdl Marwnad Mrs. Jane Thomas.
Thomas Williams (Twm Pedrog) 1774-1814

Cynfeirdd Lleyn, 1500-1800.
cynnulledig 1905 gan J Jones (Myrddin Fardd) 1836-1921

dyfynnwyd gan
John William Hughes (Edeyrn ap Nudd) 1817-49
Y Lloffyn 1842

There is no enterprise
    against intense, powerful death - neither door,
Nor sword nor powder, nor bank nor spear.

tr. 2014 Richard B Gillion

The middle column is a literal translation of the Welsh (corrections welcome). A Welsh translation is identified by the abbreviation 'cyf.', an English translation by 'tr.'

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