Robert
ap Gwilym Ddu ~ 1766-1850
One of the greatest Welsh poets
His mother came from Brynhafod, Capel Uchaf, Clynnog
and Robert ap Gwilym Ddu (Robert Williams) was owner
of a piece of land at Ty'n-y-mynydd (the lower side
of the road by Bryngolau, Capel Uchaf. This plot
is clearly shown on the Tithe map of 1841. (See Y
Ffynnon, February 1989)
His most famous hymn was “Mae'r gwaed a redodd ar y groes”:
Mae'r gwaed a redodd ar y groes
O oes i oes i’w gofio,
Rhy fyr yw tragwyddoldeb llawn
I ddweud yn iawn amdano...
One of the most famous
and moving elegies to be composed in the Welsh Language
was written by him on the death of his fifteen-year-old
daughter. Part of the elegy follows below:
... Angau arfog, miniog, mawr,
Ar ei gadfarch ergydfawr,
Wele yma carlamodd,
A’i rym a’i egni a rodd;
Torrodd i lawr, drwy fawr feth,
Ein diddig, unig eneth...
Ymholais, crwydrais
mewn cri; - och alar!
Hir chwiliais amdani;
Chwilio’r celloedd oedd eiddi,
A chwilio heb ei chael hi.
Further reading
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