Ai am bechodau mawr fy oes?

Was it for crimes that I had done?

Ai am bechodau mawr fy oes
  Bu ar y groes yn dyodde'!
O ryfedd ras i adyn brwnt,
  A chariad tu hwnt i raddau!

cyf. Diferion y Cyssegr 1809
[Mesur: MS 8787]

Was it for the great sins of my age
  That he was on the cross suffering?
O wonderful grace to a filthy scoundrel,
  And love beyond degrees!

2021 tr. Richard B Gillion

Was it for crimes that I had done
  He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
  And love beyond degree!

Isaac Watts 1674-1748
from
Alas and did my Saviour bleed?

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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