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C​â​n y Gwynt

from GALW by Tinc y Tannau

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Tinc y Tannau's first rap using the sixth century Welsh poetry of Taliesin.
Sianed has set sections from a longer poem that is like a riddle asking questions about the wind with playful rhythmical rhyming, alliteration and cynghanedd (an elaborate Welsh poetic form).

lyrics

Dychymig pwy yw?
Cread cyn dilyw -
Creadur cadarn,

Heb gig, heb asgwrn,
Heb wytheu, heb waed,
Heb ben a heb draed,
Ni bydd hyn, na iau,
Noged yn dechrau,
Ni ddaw o'i oddau
Er ofn, nag anghau;
Ni ddioes i eisiau
Gan greaduriau.

Ac ef yn gyfledd
Ac wyneb tydwedd.
Ac ef ni aned:
Ac ef ni weled.
Ar fôr, ac ar dir,
Ni wyl, ni welir,
Ef yn anghywir,
Ni ddaw pan fynnir.

Mawr Duw morwynnau!
Pan ddaw o ddechrau?
Mawr 'i ferthidau,
y Gwr a'i gorau
Y maes, ynghoed.

Ar dir, ac ar fôr,
Ef yn anhepgor:
Ef yn ddiachor:
Ef yn ddieisor:
Ef, o bedeiror,
Ni bydd with gynghor.
Ef gychwyn amgor,
Odduwch maen ynyfnfor.

Ef yn dda, ef yn ddrwg,
Ef yn an'eglwg,
Ef yn an'amlwg,
can is gwyl golwg.
Yn ddrwg ac y dda,
Ef hwnt, ef yma,
Ef ydd an 'rhefna -
Ni ddiwg a wna.
tonnau y werydd.

Mawr Duw morwynnau!
Pan ddaw o ddechrau?
Mawr 'i ferthidau,
y Gwr a'i gorau
Y maes, ynghoed.

The Song of the Wind (translation)
Who's idea was the wind?
Created before the deluge -
He is a powerful creature.

Sans flesh, sans bone,
Sans veins, sans blood,
Sans head and sans feet,
He grows nor older, nor
younger, than the first.
Nor fear, nor death
will turn aside his purpose;
The world of the living will never
survive the need of him.

And he is widespread
as the face of the earth.
Born he was not:
nor was ever seen,
on sea, and on land.
He neither sees, not is seen,
He is unreliable,
He will not come when desired.

Great God of the whirlwinds!
Whence comes his beginning?
Great the resources of Him
who made the wind
(which traverses)
Field and Forest.

On land, and sea,
He is indispensable:
He known no restraint:
His lot has been cast:
He comes from the four quarters,
He will brook no counsel.
He starts on his round, from the
crest of a rock in the deep.

He is good, he is evil,
He is blind, He is invisible.
no eye can see him
He is evil and he is good,
He is there, he is here.
When he works confusion -
He will not repair what he does
The ocean billows.

Great God of the whirlwinds!
Whence comes his beginning?
Great the resources of Him
who made the wind,
(which traverses)
Field and Forest.

credits

from GALW, released September 7, 2018
Composed by Sianed Jones.
Original texts from Sixth Century poet Taliesin
Performed by Ailsa Mair Hughes and Sianed Jones, both on voices and bass viola da gamba.

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Tinc y Tannau Aberystwyth, UK

A duet with a difference. A luscious mix of Beauty and Mischief

Sianed Jones and Ailsa Mair Hughes sing and play Seven String Bass Viola da Gamba at the same time! They conjure up rich, four part harmonies and rhythms. Playful improvisations, original songs, 16th century viol and voice pieces and unusual settings of Welsh Poetry. The ancient influencing the now and careering into the future ... more

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