Mae'r gair yn bur, a'r ddeddf yn lân,
A Duw ei hun yn ysol dân;
A ninau'n euog ger ei fron,
Heb nodded ar y ddaear hon.
Ond yn y tywydd garw hyn,
Mae golwg ar Galfaria fryn,
A'r aberth fu yno
un prydnawn,
Yn dwyn tawelwch hyfryd iawn.
Mae yn y gwaed rinweddau gwiw,
I olchi'm henaid du ei liw;
A phrawf o rin
maddeuol ras,
A gliria'm holl euogrwydd cas.
Pan gaf fy ngwneyd yn berffaith lân,
Perffaith pryd hyny fydd fy nghân;
Caf roddi'r goron
byth ar ben
Yr hwn a'm prynodd ar y pren.
James Hughes (Iago Trichrug) 1779-1844
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The word is pure, and the law is holy,
And God himself a consuming fire;
And we guilty before him,
Without protection on this earth.
But in this rough weather,
There is a view over Calvary hill,
And the sacrifice which
was there one afternoon,
Bringing very delightful stillness.
In the blood there are worthy merits,
To wash my soul of a black colour;
And an experience of the merit
of forgiving grace,
Shall clear all my hated guilt.
When I get made perfectly clean,
Perfect at that time will be my song;
I may get to put the crown
forever on the head
Of him who redeemed me on the tree.
tr. 2015 Richard B Gillion |
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