Watching the Wheat or Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn a Welsh Song

[PETEREM100]

beautiful song from the land of song.Wil Hopcyn lived in a small village called Llangynwyd,Maesteg.If you ever go there,in the graveyard,leaning up against a wall.u will find his headstone

[griffcats]

@PETEREM100 Trying desparately to get back to Wales. Think Ill have to win a bet on the Welsh winning the World cup to get the funding to get there again!

[PETEREM100]

@griffcats Everyone gets a welcome in Wales.TBH.I was born bout 3 miles of Llangynwyd.My doughter now attends the same school I left 32 years ago.If you are on twitter you can follow me,under the username LISYDD.YOU ARE WELCOME TO

[VotumPhotographer]

@PETEREM100 I know friend.... He's one of my ancestors :)

[1950Jazzsinger]

As this is playing, I'm crying like a baby. This was town I spent every Thanksgiving visiting my grandparents and numerous holidays. I lived here when I first began teaching in York. The Welsh music and yearly musical festivities are beyond compare. You need not speak Welsh to comprehend the emotion of the music. My brother sent this to me or I may never have seen it. It was a honor to sing in the Welsh Church. My mother instilled our Welsh background into us from an early age.My family is here.

[griffcats]

@1950Jazzsinger hi, just returned from a Cymanfa in Delta. I seemed to have missed your comment a few months ago. Im glad you like the video. The flooded quarries are not very well known, and off limits, but the remnants of a great tradition are evident. The Delta Welsh church is small but it has great acoustics for hymn singing, and we have had first rate soloists there as well. Today we had a harpist that was brilliant! A beautiful day it was as well, and the church was full for the Cymanfa

[1950Jazzsinger]

@griffcats It's been my honor to solo in that church many times. It's old and the seats tend to make you slide off, but once the voices rejoice in song, you don't care, time flies. My father worked in the quaries until he was able to escape and go to college. I was baptized in the Phila. Welsh Church.. My grandparents home can never be torn down because it is an original miner's home. My house numbers are on a piece of the slate. Delta is its' own time capsule, never changing.

[cerystv]

da iawn arddechogg thank you for posting

[TudorGDavies]

This was written about my ancester Anne Thomas, known as the Maid of Cefn Eddfa. My mam used to lullabye me to sleep with this and I cry almost every time I hear it. The true story actually took place in southern Wales (Llangynwyd) , rather than the northern landscape shown. Did Anne write love notes to Wil, in blood on the dry beech leaves that blew into her locked room? Who knows, but it's a lovely story.

[mistergjones]

I know it is probably sinful to ask this; but, is there an English version of this anywhere? I think the translation for the chorus goes something like:

"Then from out the stormy sky, the angry wind did bellow.

All crushed the wheat around me lay, that once was (?) and yellow."

[soullimbo]

@mistergjones i cant remember the whole song, it's been 29 years since i did this with the choir in primary school...

through the mist and dawning light ,

the song of warbler's mellow,

came floating o'er the meadow bright,

where grew the wheat, so yellow.

then from out a stormy sky,

the angry wind did bellow ,

and in the air, the birds in flight ,

revived the wheat so yellow.

[PETEREM100]

@soullimbo Type in I`r Beguilio Gwenyth Gwyn and English version.Some of your words are wrong

[soullimbo]

@mistergjones and the second verse

sad my heart ,with grief and pain ,

in bitterness and sorrow ,

in fancy i saw once again,

that wheat so ripe and yellow

then the storm clouds drifted by,

and gaily smiled the meadow

the sun who's rays, so swiftly shone,

revived the wheat so yellow.

there may be a few mistakes, the memory certainly isnt what it used to be ;)

[mistergjones]

@soullimbo Both of those verses are spot-on (at least, from my memory). Thanks so much for that. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I'd love to see/hear a version from an English-speaking choir, if only to remind me of my childhood.

[soullimbo]

@mistergjones

My pleasure ;) , to be fair, the only reason i remember it so well is because it was so difficult to sing, and the head of the choir used to tear her hair out trying to get us to do it right !! It was the 6th line in each verse lol !! As i recall , the performance had a very "british" feel to it, cause in the same performance we did " molly malone " and " it's a far croonin' " . But thinking about this tune will always make me smile.

[ozzymandi]

Very Beautiful !

[ozzymandi]

Very beautiful !

[Digodess]

Diolch yn fawr. I'm so proud to be Welsh.

Thank you you guys over in Pennsylvania

for a great version.

Diolch eto.

[jakobrohde]

I have no idea, what they sang, but it was beautiful, never the less....

[injamaven]

what a lovely tune! What could be lovelier?

Kathie

[Iznibz]

Hyfryd iawn, a diolch i'r côr am gadw'n fyw yr iaith a cherddoriaeth yr hen wlad yn yr U.D.A.

(If I made any mistakes here, please correct me!)

[Will170392]

the very last slide is llandudno! My home town!

[valleyboypeter]

will hopkin wrote this for ann thomas

(the maid of cefn ydfa)... i.seen the graves of them last year in llangynwyd ...hes burried under the yew tree outside shes inside the church...lovely song...makes me proud to be welsh...

cymru am byth

[ifuliki]

@valleyboypeter

Os gwylwch yn dda......... I need a translation into yr iaith Saesneg

Diolch yb fawr

Aled Owen

[usenetposts]

Now I've heard the best rendition of this on youtube. Better than mine, better than Mary and even better than Aled. This is done with great Welsh spirit and musicality. I cannot find fault with it.

[griffcats]

A very much appreciated comment, diolch yn fawr!

[mizofan]

@usenetposts Thomas l Thomas sings it beautifully

[jtdavie]

i find this song very beautiful and tragic...Anne died of a broken heart. will wrote this song 4 her.....it is known as a poem not a song.

[richpat]

Lovely

[griffcats]

Love Mary Hopkin. Enchanting and beautiful, both voice and appearance. Interesting this song was written by Wil Hopcyn nearly 300 years ago. The sense and sound of Welsh music comes through the ages brilliantly with a talent like Mary

[cimawr]

Just lovely...

[AyameShabinki]

wow. In a good way ^^