Rhagflaenor y Mesïa mawr

Rhagflaenor y Mesïa mawr
A ddaeth fel seren bore wawr,
  A'i llewyrch disglair dros y tir
  Yn arwydd o'r Goleuni gwir.

Ni chaed ymhlith holl ddynol-ryw
Neb mwy nag Ioan, proffwyd Duw;
  Daeth i gyhoeddi
      teyrnas nef,
  A'r wlad a glybu'i uchel lef.

Llawn ydoedd ef o'r Ysbryd Glân,
A'i galon ddewr yn llosgi'n dân;
  Fe ddaeth yn nerth Elïas gynt,
  Yn ferthyr gwrol, ar ei hynt.

Fe lefai yn yr anial maith
 barnedigaeth yn ei iaith;
  A galwai'r genadwri fyw:
  "Yn wir nesaodd teyrnas Dduw."

Y dyrfa, ar ei air a'i gri,
A ddaeth i'w fedydd yn y lli;
  Yr Iesu glân ddaeth gyda hwy,
  A sanctaidd ydyw'r bedydd mwy.

O Iesu, Brenin mawr y byd,
I ti rhown foliant oll ynghyd;
  I'r Tad a'r Ysbryd gydag ef
  Dyrchafwn fythol lawen lef.

The forerunner of the great Messiah
Came like a star of the morning dawn,
  And his shining radiance over the land
  As a sign of the true Light.

Not to be found among all human-kind
Is anyone greater than John, God's prophet;
  He came to announce
      the kingdom of heaven,
  And the land heard his loud cry.

Full he was of the Holy Spirit,
And his brave heart a burning fire;
  He came in the strength of former Elijah,
  As a brave martyr, on his course.

He cried out in the vast desert
With judgment in his language;
  And he called the living message:
  "Truly the kingdom of God has come near."

The crowd, at his word and his cry,
Came to be baptised in the flood;
  The holy Jesus came with them,
  And sacred is the baptism evermore.

O Jesus, great King of the world,
To thee we all render praise altogether;
  To the Father and the Spirit with him
  We raise an everlasting, joyful cry.