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Thread #72897 Message #1260182
Posted By: Helen
30-Aug-04 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Old Musician and his Harp
Subject: Lyr Add: DAFYDD Y GARREG WEN (Ceiriog Hughes)
1. "Cariwch," medd Dafydd, "fy nhelyn i mi, Ceisiaf cyn marw roi tôn arni hi. Codwch fy nwylaw i gyrhaedd y tant; Duw a'ch bendithio fy ngweddw a'm plant!"
2. "Neithiwr mi glywais lais angel fel hyn: 'Dafydd, tyrd adref, a chwarae trwy'r glyn!' Delyn fy mebyd, ffarwel i dy dant! Duw a'ch bendithio fy ngweddw a'm plant!"
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"Bring me my harp," was David's sad sigh, "I would play one more tune before I die. Help me, dear wife, put the hands to the strings, I wish my loved ones the blessing God brings."
"Last night an angel called with heaven's breath: David, play, and come through the gates of death! Farewell, faithful harp, farewell to your strings, I wish my loved ones the blessing God brings."
"The Welsh tradition is, that a Bard who lay on his death bed, called for his harp and played the above air, requesting at the same time, that it might be performed at his funeral" --- and it was accordingly played on the harp, at the Parish church of Ynys Cynhaiarn; in which parish the house called "Careg-Wen" in Carnarvonshire is situated. J. Parry's "Welsh Harper"