Welsh anthem (Land of my fathers)

"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", usually translated as "Land of My Fathers", is, by tradition, the national anthem of Wales. The words were written by Evan James and the tune composed by his son, James James, both residents of Pontypridd, Glamorgan, in January 1856. The earliest written copy survives and is part of the collections of the National Library of Wales.

Lyrics:

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

Translation:

The old land of my fathers is dear to me,
Land of poets and singers, famous men of renown;
Her brave warriors, very splendid patriots,
For freedom shed their blood.

Nation, Nation, I pledge to my Nation.
While the sea [is] a wall to the pure, most loved land,
O may the old language endure.

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[VampireWelshChick]

This song and these comments make me so proud to be Welsh :') Dw i'n caru Cymru!!!! <3

[SelphieTheNutter]

@slothgoonies if most Welsh are proud to be British then why is it that only people from Swansea are proud to fly the Union Jack while everyone else flys the Welsh Dragon

[WelshFanaticxoxo]

Way better than the English national anthem. Good on 'ya Wales:)

[MrPmoyle]

do you speak welsh i do and i see a few things wrong

[Kwales66]

LIKE

[balmainguy]

@slothgoonies I could not agree more.... The shared history of ALL the peoples of the British Isles is truly remarkable.

And as I'm Irish, I can honestly say that its a minority of Irish people who carry on about "the foreign queen" and all that bullshit. Just look at how popular the Queen's visit to Ireland to Ireland was.

[win4wales27788]

@JohnPanto thats right its because the welsh r the rightful rulers of britain all the other nations r invaders we r the only pure country in the british isles the english r normans saxons romans german the scots came over to britain from france germany in the early dark ages just before the romans set up shop in britain

[Injektilo7]

A lovely anthem which I had oddly never actually heard sung in Welsh before, and very well sung at that, though I suppose that's only to be expected from a Welshman... ;)

[HaiLsKuNkY]

@JohnPanto Wales came under the English Kingdom.

[JohnPanto]

@SelphieTheNutter Where is Wales represented on the Union Jack ? The colours of England , Scotland & Ireland are there but not Cymru/Wales.

[JohnPanto]

Now that is what you call a voice !!

[TheGidneybean]

Diolch!