1 O gariad! O gariad! Anfeidrol ei faint,
Fod llwch mor annheilwng yn cael y fath fraint;
Cael heddwch cydwybod, a’i chlirio trwy’r gwaed,
A chorff farwolaeth, sef llygredd, dan draed.
2 Nis gallai holl ddyf roedd y moroedd i gyd
Byth olchi anwiredd fy nghalon mewn pryd;
Ond ffynnon Calfaria a’i purra’n ddiboen;
Rhyfeddol yw rhinwedd marwolaeth yr Oen.
3 Mae’r Jiwbil dragwyddol yn awr wrth y drws,
Fe gododd yr heulwen, ni gawson y tlws;
Daw gogledd a dwyrain, gorllewin a de,
Yn lluoedd i foli tywsog y ne’!
Rhys, Morgan, a famous Welsh hymnwriter of the last century. He published several collections of hymns under quaint titles. Golwg o ben Nebo ar wlad yr Addewid (A View of the land of promise from the top of Mr. Nebo). Frwyd Ysbrydal (The Spiritual Warfare). Graddfanan y Credadyn, &c. (The Groanings of the Believer). He died in 1776, and was buried at Llanfynydd Church, in Caermarthenshire. [Rev. W. Glenffrwd Thomas]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >
ST. DENIO is based on "Can mlynedd i nawr" ("A Hundred Years from Now"), a traditional Welsh ballad popular in the early nineteenth century. It was first published as a hymn tune in John Roberts's Caniadau y Cyssegr (Hymns of the Sanctuary, 1839). The tune title refers to St. Denis, the patron saint…
Display Title: O gariad! O gariad Anfeidrol ei faintFirst Line: O gariad! O gariad Anfeidrol ei faintTune Title: JOANNA (ST. DENIO)Author: Morgan Rhys. (1716-1779)Meter: M 20. (11 a.u 411)Date: 1979
Display Title: O gariad! O gariad Anfeidrol ei faintFirst Line: O gariad! O gariad Anfeidrol ei faintTune Title: JOANNA (ST. DENIO)Author: Morgan Rhys (1716-1779)Meter: M 20. (11 a.u 411)Date: 1995