Duw y cariad nad yw'n oeri
Tad y gras nad yw'n lleihau,
Trugarha a gwrando'n gweddi,
Tyred atom i'n bywhau,
Gwisg dy weision â'th daranau,
Llosg â'th dân holl
ddrygau'n hoes,
Rho i ninnau fel ein tadau
Brofi grymusterau'r groes.
O tosturia wrth genhedlaeth
Gyndyn, wamal, falch ei bryd
Sy'n dirmygu'i hetifeddiaeth
A dibrisio'i breintiau drud,
Oes a giliodd o'th gynteddau
Yn ei blys am fwyniant ffôl,
Oes sy'n fyddar iawn ei chlustiau
I'th alwadau ar ei hôl.
Gwagedd yw pob bri a llwyddiant
Lle ni byddo crefydd fyw,
Ofer addysg a diwylliant
Heb oleuni Ysbryd Duw:
Arglwydd, dychwel ni i'r golau,
Hen ac ieuainc, dychwel ni,
Gwna i ninnau fel ein tadau
Gerdded rhagom gyda thi.
George Rees 1873-1950
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God of the love that does not grow cold
Father of the grace that does not wane,
Have mercy and listen to our prayer,
Come to us to enliven us,
Dress thy servants with thy thunders,
Burn with thy fire all
the evils of our age,
Grant to us as to our fathers
To experience the powers of the cross.
O show mercy to a generation
Stubborn, fickle, with a proud air
That is scorning its heritage
And devaluing its precious privileges,
An age that retreated from thy courts
In its lust for foolish enjoyment,
An age that has very deaf ears
To thy calls after it.
Vanity is all renown and success
Where there be no living faith,
Empty learning and industry
Without the light of the Spirit of God:
Lord, return us to the light,
Old and young, return us,
Make us too, like our fathers,
Walk forward with thee.
tr. 2021 Richard B Gillion
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