Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
"Mae diwrnod Glyndŵr yn disgyn ar yr 16eg o Fedi bob blwyddyn, ond sgwennais i’r gerdd hon yn ystod y flwyddyn 2020 ynghanol y cynod clo, pan on i’n mynd am dro gyda’r dydd ac yn difyrru’r gyda nosau yn aml iawn drwy wneud tân yng nghefn y tŷ, yn yr ardd."
Tân Glyndŵr
(Diwrnod Glyndŵr, 16.9.20)
Doedd heno, erbyn meddwl, ddim yn ddrwg;
cynuta wnes-i, 'hyd y lôn a'r ffos,
cyn gwylio'r priciau tamp yn magu mŵg
a chwalai fel telynau mud i'r nos.
O'r diwedd, chwythais nhw'n gymanfa dân -
rhyddhawyd heulwen hen, o fol y pren -
ac wrth gynhesu 'nghorff, a'r fflamau'n gân,
cymunais â'r gorffennol yn fy mhen.
O gwmpas tân fel hwn, mewn oes o'r blaen,
datganai'r fflamau awdl-newid-byd;
synhwyrodd ein cyndadau'u ffordd ymlaen,
ond gwelaf mai yr un yw'r daith o hyd...
a'r fory 'Yes', sy'n dal i'n haros ni,
sy'n chwythu tân Glyndŵr i 'nghalon i.
"Glyndŵr’s Day falls on the 16th of September every year, but I wrote this poem in 2020 during lockdown, when I would go for my walk during the day, and often pass the evenings making a fire in the garden at the back of our house."
Glyndŵr’s Fire
(Glyndŵr’s Day,16.9.20)
Tonight, it went much better than I’d hoped;
I’d gathered roadside kindling, since first light,
then watched it smoulder damply as it moped,
its smoke like silent harps adrift at night.
I blew it into roaring flame at last -
releasing ancient sun, from deep within -
and as I warmed myself, our long lost past,
swelled up, like a cymanfa ‘neath my skin.
Around a fire like this, in olden days,
our ancestors saw change in ev’ry flame;
a song to light their way, its lines ablaze,
...and I can see our journey's still the same;
Yes Cymru maps the road for our new start;
Glyndŵr still has the power to fire my heart.
Part of the CIALL-supported "Extensions" initiative with Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean.
Full information here: guthan.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/ifor-ap-glyn-welshman-from-london
"Mae diwrnod Glyndŵr yn disgyn ar yr 16eg o Fedi bob blwyddyn, ond sgwennais i’r gerdd hon yn ystod y flwyddyn 2020 ynghanol y cynod clo, pan on i’n mynd am dro gyda’r dydd ac yn difyrru’r gyda nosau yn aml iawn drwy wneud tân yng nghefn y tŷ, yn yr ardd."
Tân Glyndŵr
(Diwrnod Glyndŵr, 16.9.20)
Doedd heno, erbyn meddwl, ddim yn ddrwg;
cynuta wnes-i, 'hyd y lôn a'r ffos,
cyn gwylio'r priciau tamp yn magu mŵg
a chwalai fel telynau mud i'r nos.
O'r diwedd, chwythais nhw'n gymanfa dân -
rhyddhawyd heulwen hen, o fol y pren -
ac wrth gynhesu 'nghorff, a'r fflamau'n gân,
cymunais â'r gorffennol yn fy mhen.
O gwmpas tân fel hwn, mewn oes o'r blaen,
datganai'r fflamau awdl-newid-byd;
synhwyrodd ein cyndadau'u ffordd ymlaen,
ond gwelaf mai yr un yw'r daith o hyd...
a'r fory 'Yes', sy'n dal i'n haros ni,
sy'n chwythu tân Glyndŵr i 'nghalon i.
"Glyndŵr’s Day falls on the 16th of September every year, but I wrote this poem in 2020 during lockdown, when I would go for my walk during the day, and often pass the evenings making a fire in the garden at the back of our house."
Glyndŵr’s Fire
(Glyndŵr’s Day,16.9.20)
Tonight, it went much better than I’d hoped;
I’d gathered roadside kindling, since first light,
then watched it smoulder damply as it moped,
its smoke like silent harps adrift at night.
I blew it into roaring flame at last -
releasing ancient sun, from deep within -
and as I warmed myself, our long lost past,
swelled up, like a cymanfa ‘neath my skin.
Around a fire like this, in olden days,
our ancestors saw change in ev’ry flame;
a song to light their way, its lines ablaze,
...and I can see our journey's still the same;
Yes Cymru maps the road for our new start;
Glyndŵr still has the power to fire my heart.
Part of the CIALL-supported "Extensions" initiative with Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean.
Full information here: guthan.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/ifor-ap-glyn-welshman-from-london
