Dyma gariad fel y moroedd

Representative Text

1 Dyma gariad fel y moroedd,
Tosturiaethau fel y lli:
T’wysog bywyd pur yn marw—
Marw i brynu’n bywyd ni.
Pwy all beidio cofio amdano
Pwy all beidio canu ei glod?
Dyma gariad nad â’n anghof
Tra bod nefoedd wen yn bod.

2 Ar Galfaria yr ymrwygodd
Holl ffynonau’r dyfnder mawr;
Torrodd holl argaeau’r nefoedd
Oeddynt gytfain hyd yn awr:
Gras a chariad megis dylif
Yn ymdywallt yma’nghyd,
A chyfiawnder pur a heddwch
Yn cusanu euog fyd.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13428

Author: William Rees

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Tune

BLAENWERN

Composed by William Penfro Rowlands (b. Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1860; d. Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1937) during the Welsh revival of 1904-1905, BLAENWERN was published in Henry H. Jones's Cân a Moliant (1915). The tune's name refers to a farm in Pembroke shire where Rowlands conval…

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Small Church Music #5214

Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems #75a

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The Cyber Hymnal #13428

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