Mae pleser îs y rhôd
A dderfydd maes o law;
Ar bleser uwch y mae fy nôd,
Yn nhir y bywyd draw.
Pe meddwn aur Peru,
A pherlau'r India bell,
Mae gronyn bach o râs fy Nuw
Yn drysor
canmil gwell.
Gwell na phleserau'r byd
Un funyd o'th fwynhau;
Gwedd Iesu hardd
rŷdd imi o hyd
Wir fywyd i barhau.
Dymunwn ado'n lân
Holl wâg deganau'r llawr,
A phenderfynu myn'd yn mlaen
Ar ôl fy Mhrynwr mawr.
William Lewis ?-1794
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There is pleasure beneath the vault
That shall vanish soon;
On pleasure above is my aim,
In the land of life yonder.
If I possessed the gold of Peru,
And the pearls of distant India,
A little grain of my God's grace is
A treasure a hundred
thousand times better.
Better than the pleasures of the world
One minute of enjoying thee;
The countenance of beautiful Jesus
shall give me always
True life to endure.
I would wish to leave completely
All the empty trinkets of earth below,
And determine to go forward
After my great Redeemer.
tr. 2020 Richard B Gillion
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