minstrel: Re: Lullaby "Ar Hyd y Nos" (also Welsh WWW links)

[Diana Hammond]

> > As to the lullaby "All Through the Night", I have been singing it to my
> > children since they were born (the oldest is 9 3/4).  There is a second
> > verse but, sad to say, I do not know the words.
> 
> I've cc'd this reply to the minstrel list hoping to get Baroness
> Tangwystl's attention with respect to the Welsh lyrics and their
> provenance. Your Excellency?
> 

Here are the Welsh words to Ar Hyd y Nos (which, incidentally, bear very
little resemblance to the English ones).  The "+" in "ser" in the first
line is the notation that means there should be a circumflex (^) over the
e.  For your origins, you will have to wait for Tangwystl to speak up.  I
just thought people might enjoy seeing the original in the meantime.


     Holl amrantau'r se+r ddywedant 
     Ar hyd y nos. 
     Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant 
     Ar hyd y nos. 
     Golau arall yw tywyllwch, 
     I arddangos gwir brydferthwch, 
     Teulu'r nefoedd mewn tawelwch 
     Ar hyd y nos. 

     O mor siriol gwena seren 
     Ar hyd y nos, 
     I oleuo'i chwaer ddaearen 
     Ar hyd y nos, 
     Nos yw henaint pan ddaw cystudd, 
     Ond i harddu dyn a'i hwyrddydd 
     Rhown ein golau gwan i'n gilydd 
     Ar hyd y nos. 


I also promised this list, some time back that I would post a list of
Welsh links on the WWW.  You can find them at
<http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/~diana/cymru.html>

Pob hwyl!

Diana
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