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Y Dydd Olaf

Representative Text

1 Dduw mawr, pa beth a welaf draw?
Diwedd a braw i’r hollfyd!
Mi wela’r Barnwr yn nesáu
Ar glaer gymylau tanllyd;
Yr utgorn mawr yn seinio sydd,
Y meirw ddaw i gyd yn rhydd,
I wae, neu ddydd o wynfyd.

2 Ac wrth y floedd, y meirw yng Nghrist
Yn gyntaf a gyfodant;
I gwrdd â’u Harglwydd fry uwchen
Yn llawen yr esgynnant;
Ei bresenoldeb dwyfol sydd
Yn tro eu nos yn fythol ddydd,
A’u gobaith prudd yn fwyniant.

3 O’i flaen y daw’r annuwiol rai,
I ing a gwae tragwyddol;
Eu dagrau a’u gweddïau dwys
Sy’n awr yn aneffeithio;
Er ofnau fyrdd, rhaid mynd ymlaen,
I gwrdd â’r Duw sy’n ysol dân,
O flaen yr orsedd farnol.

4 O Farnwr cyfiawn, gwrando’n cri,
Sydd mewn trueni’n gorwedd;
O’th nerthol ras tosturia di,
A dod i ni drugaredd;
O fewn y noddfa, caffer ni,
Agorwyd gynt ar Galfari,
Cyn delo dydd dialedd.

5 Dydd gras yw’n awr, dydd yw i ni
I ffoi rhag llid i ddyfod;
Mae eto le, trwy’r Iesu hael,
I ni â Duw gael cymmod:
Awn ato Fe, cawn eto fyw,
Boed iddo glod, dydd cymmod yw,
O brysiwn i’w gyfarfod.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13442

Author (st. 2, 5): Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Author (st. 4): Gethin

(no biographical information available about Gethin.) Go to person page >

Author (sts. 1, 3): Robert Davies

Welsh poet called Bardd Nantglyn and Robin Ddu o’r Glyn, grammarian Dates from Welsh Biography Online, from The National Library of Wales. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Dduw mawr, pa beth a welaf draw?
Title: Y Dydd Olaf
Author (sts. 1, 3): Robert Davies
Author (st. 2, 5): Anonymous
Author (st. 4): Gethin
Language: Welsh

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13442
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