Beth er fy mod yn llesg a gwan

Beth er fy mod yn llesg a gwan,
  Yn ffaelu i'r lan a dringad;
Mae imi Gyfaill, ffyddlon un,
  Sef Duw a dyn, yn Geidwad.

Yn Hollalluog Arglwydd Dduw,
  Tra fyddwyf byw mi a'i cara',
Yn y cyfyngder mwyaf fu,
  Bu ef o'm tu hyd yma.

Ar lan y môr,
    mi gofia'r pryd,
  Bu f'enaid drud yn gruddfan;
Fe safodd f'Arglwydd mawr o'm rhan,
  Dygodd fi i'r lan ei hunan.

Dangosodd im' ei fod yn Dduw,
  I'm henaid byw heb newid;
Trwy fil o ddrygau, poen a braw,
  Dwg fi yn ei law i'r bywyd.

Rho im' dy gwmni îs y nen,
  Nes d'od i ben fy siwrneu;
Yr wyt ti'n ddigon im' o hyd,
  Yn nghanol byd o ddrygau.

O! cadw fi yn dy fynwes glyd,
  Nes d'od o'r byd i' bywyd;
At fy nghyfeillion sy mewn hedd,
  Yn gweled gwedd f'Anwylyd.

Er bod fy meiau
    rif y gwlith,
  Nas gellir byth eu cyfri';
Yn haeddiant Iesu Grist a'i wa'd,
  Maddeuant rhad sydd imi.

Fy ngwaith i drag'wyddoldeb mwy,
  Heb boen na chlwy',
    fydd caru
Yr Oen a laddwyd ar y pren,
  Rhwng dai'r a nen, i'm prynu.

'Nol treuliwyf oesoedd rif y gwlith,
  Dim diwedd byth ar ganu;
Ar dân bydd yr holl nefoedd wen,
  Yn llawen yn ei foli.

What thought I am feeble and weak,
  Failing up to climb;
I have a Friend, a faithful one,
  That is God and man, as a Saviour.

The Almighty Lord God,
  While ever I be living I shall love him,
In the greatest strait there has been,
  He has been on my side thus far.

By the sea shore,
    I shall remember the time,
  My precious soul was groaning;
My great Lord stood on my side,
  He bore me up himself.

He showed me that he is God,
  For my soul to live without change;
Through a thousand evils, pain and terror,
  He shall lead me with his hand to life.

Give me thy company below the sky,
  Until coming to the end of my journey;
Thou art sufficient for me always,
  In the centre of a world of evils.

O keep me in thy cosy bosom,
  Until coming from the world to life;
To my friends who are in peace,
  Seeing the countenance of my Beloved.

Although my faults are
    as numerous as the dew,
  That never can be counted,
In the merit of Jesus Christ and his blood,
  Free forgiveness there is for me.

My work for eternity evermore,
  Without pain or sickness,
      shall be to love
The Lamb who was slain on the tree,
  Between earth and sky, to redeem me.

After I spend ages as numerous as the dew,
  No end ever to singing;
On fire shall be all blessed heaven,
  Joyfully praising him.

tr. 2025 Richard B Gillion