Fy enaid prudd mewn hiraeth sydd
Am fod yn berffaith lân;
A phan y delo'r hyfryd ddydd,
Pereiddiach fydd fy nghân.
Cartrefle'r saint! - man dedwydd yw,
Heb bechod, ac heb boen;
Pa bryd y câf fyn'd yno i fyw
I ganmol Duw a'r Oen?
Nid yw 'ngorphwysfa yn y byd -
Mae gwlad sydd
ganmil gwell!
A hiraeth sydd yn llanw 'mryd
Am wel'd fy nghartref pell.
Bod gyda Christ, hyn yw fy llef -
A derfydd poen a gwae;
Câf fod yn debyg iddo Ef
A'i weled fel y mae!
Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd) 1775-1845
Tonau [MC 8686]: |
My sad soul is in longing
To be perfectly holy;
And when the delightful day comes,
Sweeter will be my song.
The home of the saints! - a happy place it is,
Without sin, and without pain;
When shall I get to go the to live
To extol God and the Lamb?
There is no resting place in the word -
There is a land which is
a hundred thousand times better!
And longing is filling my mind
To see my distant home.
To be with Christ, this is my cry -
And for pain and woe to pass away;
To get to be like Him
And to see him a he is!
tr. 2016 Richard B Gillion
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