Translation of the song Aderyn Pur artist Mary Hopkin

Welsh

Aderyn Pur

English translation

Aderyn pur a'r adain las, bydd i mi’n was dibryder,

Pure bird with the blue wing, be for me a carefree servant

O brysur brysia at y ferch lle rhoes i’m serch yn gynnar.

O hurriedly rush to the girl in whom I early placed my love.

Dos di ati, dywed wrthi, ’mod i’n wylo dŵr yr heli;

Go you to her, tell her, that I’m weeping the water of the ocean;

’Mod i’n irad am ei gwelad, ac o’i chariad yn ffaelu â cherdded,

That I’m grieving to see her, and from love of her unable to walk,

O Dduw faddeuo’r hardd ei llun am boeni dyn mor galed.

O God forgive the one fair of face for hurting a man so hard.

Pan o’wn i’n hoenus iawn fy hwyl, ddiwrnod gŵyl yn gwylio,

When I was very cheerful of temperament, looking out on a feast day,

Canfyddwn fenyw lana ’rioed, ar ysgafn droed yn rhodio.

I perceived the fairest woman ever, on light foot strolling.

Pan ei gwelais, syth mi sefais, yn fy nghalon mi feddyliais:

When I saw her, straight up I stood, in my heart I thought:

Dyma ddynas lana'r deyrnas, a'i gwên yn harddu pawb o'i chwmpas,

Here’s the fairest lady of the kingdom, and her smile adorning all those around her,