Pererin Wyf is a hymn by William Williams Pantycelyn (1717-1791)
William Williams, called the “Watts of Wales,” was born in 1717, at Cefn-y-coed, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. He originally studied medicine, but abandoned it for theology. He was ordained Deacon in the Church of England, but was refused Priest’s Orders, and subsequently attached himself to the Calvinistic Methodists. For half a century he travelled in Wales, preaching the Gospel. He died in 1791. Williams composed his hymns chiefly in the Welsh language; they are still largely used by various religious bodies in the principality. Many of his hymns have appeared in English, and have been collected and published by Sedgwick. His two principal poetical works are “Hosannah to the Son of David,” and “Gloria in Excelsis.”
Words
Pererin wyf mewn anial dir
Yn crwydro yma a thraw
Ac yn rhyw ddisgwyl bob yr awr
Fod tŷ fy nhad gerllaw.
Ac mi derbygaf clywaf sŵn
Nefolaidd rai o’m blaen,
Wedi gorchfygu a mynd drwy
Dymhestloedd dŵr a thân.
Tyrd, Ysbryd Sanctaidd, ledia’r ffordd,
Bydd imi’n niwl a thân
Ni cherdda’ gywir hanner cam
Oni byddi di o’m blaen.
Mi wyraf weithiau ar y dde
Ac ar yr aswy law;
Am hynny arwain, gam a cham,
Fi i’r baradwys draw.
Mae hiraeth arnaf am y wlad
Lle mae torfeydd diri’
Yn canu’r anthem ddyddiau’u hoes
Am angau Calfari.
Translation
A pilgrim am I in a desert land
Wandering hither and yon,
And in a kind of hope every hour
That my Father’s house is at hand.
And I shall most likely hear
Some heavenly sound before me,
Having overcome and gone through
Tempests of water and fire.
Come, Holy Spirit, widen the way,
Be to me cloud and fire;
I will not walk correctly half a step
Except thou be before me.
I veer at times to the right
And to the left hand;
Therefore lead, step by step,
Me to the paradise yonder.
I have a longing for the land
Where multitudes without number
Are singing the anthem (all) the days of their age
About the death on Calvary.
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