Cystuddiau mawrion o bob rhyw

(Hiraeth am fwynhad o Dduw)
Cystuddiau mawrion o bob rhyw
Sy o fewn y byd
    'rwi'n awr yn byw;
  Pan darffo un daw'r llall yn glau,
  Ac felly nghystudd i'n parhau.

On mwy nâ'm holl
    gystuddiau o'r bron
Yw colli llewyrch
    d'wyneb llon;
  Dy absennoldeb, Iesu cu
  'N rhyw ddirfawr boen i'm henaid sy.

Gronyn o'th hedd a'th garaid drud
A ettyb fy nghystuddiau gyd;
  Ond rhyfedd iawn y rhinwedd sy
  Mewn lleied gradd o'r nefoedd fry.

Nertha fi â'th hedd,
    portha fi â'th ras,
Nes myn'd yn làn o'r byd i ma's;
  Boddloni wnaf, O Arglwydd glân
  I'm holl gystuddiau fawr a mân.

Ni ofna'i'r gelyn
    gwycha ei wedd,
Ni ofna'i angau,
    ni ofna'i'r bedd;
  Ni ofna'i ddim ag sy'n y byd
  Ond cael bod yn dy gôl o hyd.
William Williams 1717-91

Tonau [MH 8888]:
Ffrydiau Babilon (Thomas Campion 1567-1620)
Green's (<1811)

gwelir: Gweddio 'rwyf och'neidio yn brudd

(Longing for enjoyment of God)
Great longings of every kind
Are still within the world
    I am now living in;
  When one fades the other comes quickly,
  And thus in affliction I continue.

But greater than all my
    afflictions altogether
Is losing the radiance
    of thy cheerful face;
  Thy absence, dear Jesus
  Is a kind of enormous pain to my soul.

A grain of thy peace and thy precious love
Shall answer all my afflictions;
  But very wonderful is the merit there is
  In such a small degree of heaven above.

Strengthen me with thy peace,
    feed my will thy grace,
Until going up out of the world;
  I content myself I shall, O holy Lord,
  With all my afflictions great and small.

I shall not fear the enemy
    of the most brilliant countenance,
I shall not fear death,
    I shall not fear the grave;
  I shall fear nothing that is in the world
  If only I get to be in thy bosom always.
tr. 2020 Richard B Gillion

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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