The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #78666 Message #1421590
Posted By: sian, west wales
26-Feb-05 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: seeking online translator - Welsh / English
Subject: RE: Tech: On line translation - Welsh / English
It's the old hymn, Welcome Voice. Popular in North America.
I hear thy tender voice Calling me To come and wash my sins In the River of Calvary
Chorus: Lord, here I am At your call Wash my spirit in the blood That flows from Calvary.
Jesus invites me To receive with the saints (gyda'i saint that should be) Faith, hope, pure love and peace And all of heaven's honours.
Chorus again
Praise be forever For the Atonement and the Cleansing I will receive Jesus (Iesu) as I am And I will sing in the blood (ie. 'the Blood of the Lamb' is the usual English idiom)
However, I think most of us would sing, "A channaf yn y gwaed", which means, "I will be washed clean in the blood." Don't know if Cerys is mis-remembering or trying to modernize, but the original 'cannaf' (two 'n's) refers back to the first verse.
A lovely hymn and very much part of the Welsh 'psyche'!