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Mediaeval work of Welsh-language poetry
Englynion Gwydion is the name sometimes used to refer to a series of three
englyn (
Welsh plural englynion) composed by
Gwydion to call to him the wounded
Lleu Llaw Gyffes.
[1] It appears in the
fourth branch of the Mabinogi, the tale of
Math fab Mathonwy.
[2]
- Cymraeg/Welsh
- Derwen a dyf rhwng dau lyn
- yn cysgodi'n dawel awyr a glyn
- oni ddywedaf i gelwydd
- o flodau Lleu y mae hyn.
- Derwen a dyf mewn maes uchel
- nis gwlych glaw, nis tawdd gwres
- cynhaliodd ugain dawn
- ar ei brig Lleu Llaw Gyffes.
- Derwen a dyf dan lechwedd
- noddfa tywysog hardd
- oni ddywedaf i gelwydd
- fe ddaw Lleu i'm harffed.
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- Saesneg/English
- Oak that grows between two lakes;
- Darkening gently sky and glen
- Unless I tell a lie,
- From the flowers of Lleu are these.
- Oak that grows in upland ground,
- Rain wets it not, heat burns it not
- It contained twenty gifts
- It bears in its branches Lleu of the Skillful Hand.
- Oak that grows beneath the slope
- Shelter of a fair prince
- Unless I tell a lie
- Lleu will come to my lap.
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