CANWR GWERIN CYMRAEG
WELSH FOLK SINGER
Y Gelynnen / The Holly
Alaw/Melody - Tradd./Trad.
Geiriau/Words - Tradd./Trad.
Un wyf fi a roes fy mryd
ar gael fy myd yn llawen,
un sy’n hoff o rodio´r wig
i blethu brig y gelynen
fy mwyn gyfeillion dewch ynghŷd
i gyd i ganmol y glasbren;
pren canmolus gweddus gwiw
a´i enw yw y gelynen
aderyn to a gafoydd dŷ
a cheiliog du´r fwyalchen
ac eistedd mae f´annwylyd wen
dan gysgod pren y gelynen
ynn a derw, helyg, drain
a chyda rhain y wernen,
cyll ac efyll, aethwydd, llwy;
fe garan hwy´r gelynen
eifi, bae a bocs ac yw
a nyth y dryw yn ei changen;
dyma´r cwmni glân i gyd
a gare´r glyd gelynen
gallai´r milwr mwya´i glod
fu´n cerdded gwaelod Llunden
yfed gwin yng nghanol gwrych
mewn neuadd wych y gelynen
gallai´r mab drwy synnwyr serch
fynd gyda’i ferch esgeirwen
a´i chusanu rif y myrdd
o dan y wyrdd gelynen
I am one that put my intent
on making my world joyful,
one who’s fond of strolling the wood
to weave a branch of the holly
My gentle friends come together
all to sing the praise of the green tree;
an admirable, worthy, fine tree
and her name is the holly
the sparrow was given a house
and the black cockerel of the blackbird,
and sitting is my pure darling
under the shadow of the holly tree
ash and oak, willow, thorn
and with these the alder,
hazel and apple tree, aspen, elm
they do love the holly
ivy, bay and box and yew
with the wren’s nest in her branch;
this is the pure company all
who love the sheltering holly
the most venerable soldier
who walks the bottom of London
can drink wine under the bush
in the brilliant hall of the holly
a lad through the sense of love
can go with his white-legged girl
and kiss her innumerable times
under the green holly