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Thread #78666 Message #1420477
Posted By: sian, west wales
25-Feb-05 - 06:27 AM
Thread Name: seeking online translator - Welsh / English
Subject: RE: Tech: On line translation - Welsh / English
Well, I translated it for you, LandsLad - which I think is what you wanted - but bits of it didn't make much sense so I took it to my Welsh learners' singing group last night and checked it out with the Welsh tutor and a couple of native speakers. They agreed. (Saying farewell to Wales while standing in Ireland?) Anyway, sometimes it just doesn't pay to think too deeply about these things and it's a cracking good song so who cares?
Daeth diwrnod i ffarwelio Ag annwyl wlad y Cyrmo Gan sefyll ar hen dir y Werddon Fras; Fe gododd gwynt yn nerthol Y môr â'i donnau rhuthrol, Gan olchi dros ein llestr annwyl las.
Dewch, Gymry glan, i wrando ar fy nghân Fel bu y fordaith rownd yr Horn - rownd yr Horn! Sef y trydydd dydd o'r wythnos Ychydig cyn y cyfnos Gan basio ger glân greigiau glannau Môn.
Rwy wedi mynd a dwad Mewn llongau hardd eu gwelad Ond dyma'r wyrcws benna gefais i, Does yma ddim i'w fwyta Ond gwaith sydd lond ein breichiau; O, galon, pwy all beidio bod yn brudd?
So, roughly,
The day came to say farewell To the dear land of the Welshman Standing on the fertile Irish land **; A wind heaved up The sea and its rushing waves, So washing across our blessed dear ship.
Come, good Welshmen, to listen to our song Of our sea journey Around the Horn! Around the Horn! That is, the third day of the week, Just before dusk, Passing near Anglesey’s fair rocky shores.
I’ve come and I’ve gone In ships beautiful to see But this is the worst workhouse I’ve ever experienced; There’s nothing to eat But there’s an armful of work; O, my heart, who could but be downhearted?
I think maybe Ar Log recorded it on an album once as well, but I can't think which one off hand.