Mi rown y byd
ac oll sydd ynddo'n awr,
Am dy fwynhau
un fynud fach o'r awr;
Mae golwg arnat
lawer iawn yn well,
Na llawnder trysor
yn yr India bell.
'Dyw colli'r ddae'r
ddim colled i mi mwy,
Pan ce's i brawf
o'i nefol, farwol glwy';
Mae yma drysor
nad oes tan yr haul,
O dde' i ddwyrain bell
i gael o'i ail.
Ffarwel, ffarwel
i welaf is y ne',
Ond im' gael Duw
yn unig yn eu lle;
Mae fy nymuniad
yn terfynu'n un,
Heb ddim yn eisieu
ynddo ef ei Hun.
Fe wy' am gael,
fe wy'n ei geisio o hyd,
Trwy bob rhyw dwrf
a dwndwr yn y byd;
Mi fyddaf lonydd,
'chaiff creadur mwy
Derfysgu fy enaid,
yn ei farwol glwy'.
'Does dim wna fodd
fy nymuniadau mawr,
O eitha'r nen
i eitha'r ddaear 'lawr;
Maith, annherfynol
fy serchiadau yw,
Nid oes a'u lleinw
ond anfeidrol Dduw.
Pa'm wyt, fy Nuw,
fy nghobaith i i gyd
Yn sefyll draw
amserau meithion cy'd?
O dere, ateb,
'does llais tan y ne'
Ag sydd yn beraidd
i mi yn dy le.
William Williams 1717-91
Tonau [10.10.10.10]: gwelir: Rhan II - P'le'r wyt yn myn'd pa'm wyt yn aros draw? Fy enaid c'od sefydla'th wammal fryd Fy Nuw a'm Ior fy Mhriod a fy Nhad |
("Looking upon Jesus")
I give the world
and all that is in it now,
For enjoying thee
for one little minute of the hour;38
A look upon thee is
very much better
Than the fullness of treasure
in the distant India.
Losing the earth is
no loss at all to me any more,
When I got an experience
of his heavenly, mortal wound;
Here is treasure
there is not under the sun,
From south to distant east
its like to be found.
Farewell, farewell
to all I see under heaven,
But for me to get God
alone in their place;
My desire is
concluded as one,
Without any lack at all
in him himself.
I want to get,
I am seeking it always,
Through ever kind of clamour
and tumult in the world;
I shall be content,
no creature shall any more get
To disturb my soul,
in his mortal wound.
Nothing shall satisfy
my great desires,
From the extremity if the sky
to the extremity of the earth below;
Vast, unending
are my affections,
Nothing shall fulfil them
but infinite God.
Why art thou, my God,
all my Hope,
Standing afar off
for such long times?
O come, answer,
there is no voice under heaven
That is sweet to me
in thy place.
tr. 2025 Richard B Gillion
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