Englynion Gwydion

Englynion Gwydion

Englynion Gwydion is the name sometimes used to refer to a series of three englyns (Welsh plural "englynion") composed by Gwydion to call to him the wounded Lleu Llaw Gyffes. It appears in the fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, the tale of Math fab Mathonwy:

Derwen a dyf rhwng dau lyn

yn cysgodi'n dawel awyr a glyn

oni ddywedaf i gelwydd

o flodau Lleu y mae hyn.

Derwen a dyf mewn maes uchel

nis gwlych glaw, nis tawdd gwres

cynhaliodd ugain dawn

ar ei brig Lleu Llaw Gyffes.

Derwen a dyf dan lechwedd

noddfa tywysog hardd

oni ddywedaf i gelwydd

fe ddaw Lleu i'm harffed.

'Oak that grows between two lakes;

Darkening gently sky and glen

Unless I tell a lie,

From the flowers of Lleu are these.

Oak that grows in upland ground,

Rain wets it not, heat burns it not

It contained twenty gifts

It bears in its branches Lleu of the Skillful Hand.

Oak that grows beneath the slope

Shelter of a fair prince

Unless I tell a lie

Lleu will come to my lap.'


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