Ti ddanfonaist dy genhadon,
Heb ysgrepan, ffon na chod,
Bob yn ddau i draethu'r newydd
Fod y deyrnas wedi dod -
Heddiw ninnau a gydunwn
Ar ein gŵyl i ganu'u clod.
Ni a'th folwn am dy arwyr,
Diolch wnawn ā llafar gān;
Rhoist i Simon ysbryd selog,
Llosgai ynddo megis tān,
Ac i Iwdas, cār dy febyd,
Dysgaist werth
dy enw glān.
Ni a'th folwn am dy gariad
Fflachiai'n danbaid
drwy eu moes;
A cholofnau cedyrn oeddynt
Yn dy Eglwys fore ei hoes,
Safent fel goleudai iddi,
Pryd y rhuai'r gwyntoedd croes.
Gydag Iwdas ddewr a Simon
A'r holl saint o fewn i'r llen,
Milwyr ffyddlon fyddom ninnau
Nes i'r yrfa ddod i ben -
Yna ar y mōr grisialaidd
Cawn dy weled di heb len.
Duw y Tad - mawr ryfeddodau
Dy weithredoedd folwn ni;
Iesu, Brenin y frenhinoedd,
Uniawn yw dy lwybrau di;
Ac i'r Ysbryd, y Bywiawdwr,
Mawl tryw'r oesoedd maith di-ri'.
cyf. Thomas Davies, Trelech, (1859- ).
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Thou who didst send thy emisaries,
Without scrip, staff or purse,
By twos to expound the news
That the kingdom had come -
Today we unite
On our festival to sing their praise.
We praise thee for thy heroes,
We give thanks with a loud song;
Thou gavest to Simon a zealous spirit,
That would burn in him like a fire,
And to Judas, kinsman of thy boyhood,
Thou didst teach the worth
of thy holy name.
We who praise thee for thy love
That flashed brightly
through their conduct;
And firm pillars they were,
In thy Church in the morn of its age,
They stood like lights to her,
When the contrary winds were roaring.
With brave Judas and Simon
And all the saints within the curtain
Faithful soldiers may we also be
Until the career comes to an end -
Then on the crystal sea
We may see thee without a curtain.
God the Father - the great wonders
Of thy deeds we praise;
Jesus, the King of kings,
Straight are thy paths;
And to the Spirit, the Enlivener,
Praise through the vast unnumbered ages.
tr. 2019 Richard B Gillion
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Thou who sentest Thine apostles
Two and two before Thy face,
Partners in the night of toiling,
Heirs together of Thy grace,
Throned at length, their labours ended,
Each in his appointed place.
Praise to Thee for those Thy champions
Whom our hymns today proclaim;
One, whose zeal by Thee enlightened
Burned anew with nobler flame;
One, the kinsman of Thy childhood,
Brought at last
to know Thy name.
Praise to Thee! Thy fire within them
Spake in love,
and wrought in power;
Seen in mighty signs and wonders
In Thy Church's morning hour;
Heard in tones of sternest warning
When the storms began to lower.
Till, with holy Jude and Simon
And the thousand faithful more,
We, the good confession witnessed,
And the lifelong conflict o'er,
On the sea of fire and crystal
Stand, and wonder, and adore.
God the Father, great and wondrous
In Thy works, to Thee be praise;
King of saints, to Thee be glory,
Just and true in all Thy ways;
Praise to Thee, from both proceeding,
Holy Ghost, through endless days.
John Ellerton 1826-93
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