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CYMRAEG YN FY NHEULU / WELSH IN MY FAMILY

11/17/2014

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   Ces i fy ngheni yn Aberystwyth ond mae teulu fy nhad yn dod o'r dde : teulu Jenkins ( fy nhadcu) o Gilfynydd ger Pontypridd a theulu Thomas ( fy mamgu) o Wenfo. Mae'r ddau ohonyn nhw yn dod o deuluodd Cymro Cymraeg.
   Roedd teulu fy mam yn dod o Wlad yr Haf yn Lloegr pan roedd hi'n ferch ifanc (tua 10 oed) , ond doedd fy mam ddim yn teimlo fel Gymraes fel arfer.
   Fodd bynnag, dw i'n gallu cofio tipyn bach o Gymraeg adref ym Mhenparcau, pentref ger Aberystwyth : ymraddion fel 'Caewch y drws!' a 'Cysgwch yn dawel!'
   Er oedd fy mam yn fenyw dalentog iawn, doedd he ddim yn lico'r iaith Cymraeg o gwbl a byddai hi'n enw yr Urdd 'The Welsh Hitler Youth'!
   Roedd fy nhad yn casau y Gymraeg gyda'r un agwedd, oherwydd yn ei waith fel swyddog yn y Gweinidogaeth Amaethyddiaeth cwrddai fe llawer o ffermwyr oedd yn siarad Cymraeg yn unig. Dw i'n meddwl oedd fy nhad yn teimlo istaddol iawn.
   Pan symudodd fy nhadcu Will o Gilfynydd i Barri  i chwilio am waith, collodd e ei Gymraeg.
   Ar hyn o bryd, dw i'n moyn adennill yr iaith y cymoedd, lle oedd y teulu Jenkins yn byw yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg.




  
Geiriau Yn Fy Mhen

 

 

Mae geiriau yn fy mhen

fel adar sy’n hedfan :

rhai prin, rhai cyffredin

 

 

adar du yn yr awyr gwyn

ond pob un gyda phluen

yn lliwgar fel y paun

 

 

dw i’n dal rhai

yn fy nwylo weithiau;

yn sydyn , mae nhw  wedi mynd

 

 

dw i’n ceisio darganfod

ble mae nhw’n byw :

dinas neu pentre? mynydd neu goed?

 

 

mae geiriau yn fy mhen

yn canu o chwedlau a hanes ;

caneuon trist, caneuon hapus.










y cyfieithiad : -






WORDS IN MY HEAD


Words in my head
like birds circling :
some rare, some common


black words on white air,
each one with feathers
colourful as peacocks


I hold some of them
in my hands at times ;
suddenly, they take off


I try to find
where they are living :
city or village? woods or mountain?


words in my head
sing of myths and history ;
some sad, some happy.



















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