O b'le daw'n gwan feddyliau prudd?
Bl'e ffodd ein cryfder ni a'n ffydd?
A ddarfu i'r fall
a phechod ladd?
Ein holl gyssuron o bob gradd.
A 'nghof'som ni'r galluog Iôr
A wnaeth y ddaear oll a'r môr?
A all y fraich a wnaeth bob peth
Ddiffygio dim neu fyn'd ar feth?
Trysorau o nerth trag'wyddol sy'
Yn ein Jehofa nefol fry;
Rhydd oruchafiaeth i'r di-rym,
A sathra'i
holl elynion llym.
Nerth dyn yn unig a wanhâ,
A chryfder ie'ngctyd
blino wna;
Ond ni fy'n disgwyl wrth ein Duw,
Cawn nerth fwy-fwy
tra f'om yn byw.
Saint fel eryrod hedeg wnant,
A phrawf o'r gwynfyd nefol cânt
Ne's delont i'r dedwydd dir;
Lle mae digryfwch perffaith pur.
tr. Dafydd Jones 1711-77Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysprydol 1775 [Mesur: MH 8888] |
From where come our weak, sad thoughts?
Where fled our strength and our faith?
Vanish to the pestilence
and killing sin shall
All our comforts of every degree?
And have we remembered the mighty Lord
Who made all the earth and the sea?
And can the arm that made everything
Fail at all or decline?
The treasures of eternal power are
In our heavenly Jehovah above;
He gives victory to those without force,
And he shall trample all
their keen enemies.
The power of man shall only weaken,
And the strength of the young
weary it shall;
But we who wait for our God,
Shall get power more and more
while ever we are living.
Saints like eagles fly they shall,
And an experience of the
heavenly bliss they shall get
Until they come to the happy land;
Where there is perfect, pure, pleasure.
tr. 2015 Richard B Gillion
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Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?
And where's our courage fled?
Have restless sin
and raging hell
Struck all our comforts dead?
Have we forgot th' almighty name
That formed the earth and sea?
And can an all-creating arm
Grow weary or decay?
Treasures of everlasting might
In our Jehovah dwell;
He gives the conquest to the weak
And treads their
foes to hell.
Mere mortal power shall fade and die,
And youthful
vigour cease:
But we that wait upon the Lord
Shall feel our
strength increase.
The saints shall mount on eagles' wings,
And taste the
promised bliss,
Till their unwearied feet arrive
Where perfect pleasure is.
Isaac Watts 1674-1748Hymns and Spiritual Songs 1707
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