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Colli Iaith - Elin Fflur (geiriau / lyrics)

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Uploaded by on Jun 15, 2009

Can / Song: Colli Iaith ('Losing Language')
Canwr / Singer: Elin Fflur
Album: Cysgodion ('Shadows')

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Geiriau:
Colli iaith a cholli urddas,
Colli awen, colli barddas;
Colli coron aur cymdeithas
Ac yn eu lle cael bratiaith fas.

Colli'r hen alawon persain,
Colli'r corau'n diasbedain
Colli tannau'r delyn gywrain;
Ac yn eu lle cael clebar brain.

Colli crefydd, colli enaid,
Colli ffydd yr hen wroniaid;
Colli popeth glân a thelaid
Ac yn eu lle cael baw a llaid.

Colli tir a cholli tyddyn,
Colli Elan a Thryweryn;
Colli Claerwen a Llanwddyn
A'r wlad i gyd dan ddŵr llyn.

Cael yn ôl o borth marwolaeth
Gân a ffydd a bri yr heniaith;
Cael yn ôl yr hen dreftadaeth
A Chymru'n cychwyn ar ei hymdaith.


ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Losing language and losing dignity,
Losing muse and losing bardism,
Losing the golden crown of society
And in its place a shallow debased language .

Losing the old sweet-sounding strains,
Losing the harp's skillful strings,
Losing the resounding choirs
And in its place the clamor of crows.

Losing creed, losing soul
Losing the faith of the old brave people,
Losing everything pure and beautiful
And in its place dirt and mud.

Losing land and losing small-holdings,
Losing Elan and Tryweryn,
Losing Claerwen and Llanwyddyn
And the whole country beneath a lake's water.

Getting back from the door of death
A song and faith and respect for the old language;
Getting back the old heritage
And Wales begins her own journey.

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Uploader Comments (DistantDreamer93)

  • Rhybudd i ni'r Cymry! O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau. Cymru neu Orllewin Lloegr ....ni sy biau'r dewis!

  • @RhysapTomos

    Cytuno'n llwyr efo hynny! Mae'n dyfodol ni yn ein dwylo ni! :)

  • Rydw i'n hastudio hon yn yr ysgol...mae'n rhaid i mi ei ddysgu ^^;

  • @WelshSaddler

    Roedd rhaid i fi ddysgu fo hefyd! Wyt ti'n ei wneud o i TGAu? Pob lwc =)

  • The irony... a song about wenglish... and exactly on that videos annotations are words like "ratio" or "yn bosibl" "trethu" for "to rate" and "yn ddichonadwy" for "possible" sounds way nicer to me... although I don't know wether it is a correct usage there. (Dysgwr dw i!)

    Anyway:

    Mae'r cân yn fendigedig iawn!

  • @Valvallaria

    Aww,that's just how I speak. =O I'm "100%" Welsh - completley fluent and all that. I live in North Wales - in one of the most Welsh areas in Wales and its just colloquial language. "ddichonadwy" is more like 'feasible'. "yn bosibl" IS a correct Welsh term. It isn't Wenglish at all. As for "trethu" that is used when you talk about fees and stuff. Its not just a song about 'Wenglish' either - its about everything being lost - land, culture, everything as the lyrics tell.

    =)

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    nes i wrando i hwn loads cyn i'r arholiad i'w ddysgu.

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  • @Fadabahawee

    Dwi dim ond yn gwneud 12 ar gyfer haen uwch, mae'n rhaid i ni astudio ffilm, novel a drama hefyd dwi'n meddwl :)

  • @chloejade96 pymtheg yn cynnwys hon ar gyfer haen uwch (pump ym mhob thema)

  • @Fadabahawee

    Roedd rhaid iddych chi dysgu 14? Dim ond deuddeg sydd rhaid ii ni dysgu ^.^

  • @twigothique

    Fi hefyd.

  • @TheRhiannonAshley

    Rwyf yn cytuno yn llwyr!

  • @redeagle123100

    Fi hefyd. Mae'r gan yma wedi fy helpu llawer dysgu'r gerdd.

  • @WelshSaddler

    Fi hefyd. Rwyf yn astudio'r cerdd gan Harri Webb. Mae'r can yma wedi fy helpu llawer.

  • Rwy'n astudio hwn i TGAu! Mae hon yn fersiwn wych!

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