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2015-01-27

Ar lan y môr/ Thíos cois na trá

  Amhrán traidisiúnta as Cymru
Ar lan y môr mae rhosys cochion
Ar lan y môr mae lilis gwynion
Ar lan y môr mae 'nghariad inne
Yn cysgu'r nos a chodi'r bore.

Ar lan y môr mae carreg wastad
Lle bûm yn siarad gair â'm cariad
O amgylch hon fe dyf y lili
Ac ambell gangen o rosmari.

Ar lan y môr mae cerrig gleision
Ar lan y môr mae blodau'r meibion
Ar lan y môr mae pob rinweddau
Ar lan y môr mae nghariad innau.

Llawn yw'r môr o swnd a chegryn
Llawn yw'r wy o wyn a melyn
Llawn yw'r coed o ddail a blode
Llawn o gariad merch wyf inne.

Mor hardd yw'r haul yn codi'r bore
Mor hardd yw'r enfys aml ei liwie
Mor hardd yw natur ym Mehefin
Ond harddach fyth yw wyneb Elin
Thíos cois na trá tá rós ag fás
Thíos cois na trá tá lile bhán
Thíos cois na trá atá mo stóirín
A chodlaíonn oíche - ’s éiríonn ar maidin.

Thíos cois na trá tá leac ag lonrú
Is ann a labhair mé le mo mhuirnín
Is ann a d’fhás thar oíche an lile
Is mheasc a cumhracht le rós Mhuire.

Thíos cois na trá tá clocha gorma
Thíos cois na trá na tréinfhir chalma
Thíos cois na trá tá gach suáilce
Thíos cois na trá atá mo ghrá bán.

Thar mhuir anonn a chuaigh an aoileann
Thar mhuir anonn, na tonnta ag caoineadh,
Thar mhuir anonn a chuaigh m’anam
An bhean – mo leo! - nach bhfanfadh faram.

Thíos cois na trá… thíos cois na trá … thíos cois na trá.

[Four stanzas in Irish of the traditional Welsh song]
Beside the sea red roses growing
Beside the sea white lilies showing
Beside the sea their beauty telling
My true love sleeps within her dwelling

Beside the sea the stones lie scattered
Where tender words in love were uttered
While all around there grew the lily
And sweetest branches of rosemary

Beside the sea blue pebbles lying
Beside the sea gold flowers glowing
Beside the sea are all things fairest
Beside the sea is found my dearest

Full the sea of sand and billows
Full the egg of whites and yellows
Full the woods of leaf and flower
Full my heart of love for ever.

Fair the sun at new day’s dawning
Fair the rainbow’s colours shining
Fair the summer, fair as heaven
Fairer yet the face of Elin