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BUGEILIO'R GWENITH GWYN
(Watching The White Wheat)
© Traditional Adapted by David Llewellyn

Mi sydd fachgen ieuanc ffol
Yn byw yn ol fy ffansi
Myfi’n bugeilior gwenith gwyn
Ac arall yn ei fedi
And what a simple fool am I
Who loves at fancy’s pleasure
For whilst I tend the ripening wheat
Another reaps the treasure

Though they may lock you dungeon deep
Our love to die aborning
Upon a leaf, blood’s true words speak
Your deepest feelings for me
But I can’t stay, my heart would break
For you must take another
Though stars may fall, our love will shine
As endless time discovers

Then in a dream, your vows set free
And to your side I hurry
But from a heart, so torn in two
In this life you’ll not tarry
And now I lose for a second time
To He whose love is greater
For whilst I tend the ripening wheat
Another reaps the treasure

Myfi’n bugeilior gwenith gwyn
Ac arall yn ei fedi

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