Ar Hyd y Nos

Cân werin Gymraeg yw Ar Hyd y Nos, sy'n cael ei chanu i alaw a recordiwyd am y tro cyntaf yn Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784) gan Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin). Ysgrifennodd John Ceiriog Hughes y geiriau Cymraeg. Y mae hi wedi'i chyfieithu i sawl iaith, gan gynnwys y Saesneg. Mae'r gân yn cael ei chynnwys yn Fantasia on British Sea Songs ar Noson Olaf y Proms, i gynrychioli Cymru.

Defnyddiwyd yr alaw gan John Gay yn The Beggar's Opera.

Mae'r gân yn boblogaidd iawn gyda chorau meibion Cymreig traddodiadol, ac wedi'i chanu ganddynt mewn gwyliau yng Nghymru a ledled y byd.

Telynegion

Cymraeg Holl amrantau'r sêr ddywedant Ar hyd y nos Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant Ar hyd y nos. Golau arall yw tywyllwch I arddangos gwir brydferthwch Teulu'r nefoedd mewn tawelwch Ar hyd y nos. O mor siriol, gwena seren Ar hyd y nos I oleuo'i chwaer ddaearen Ar hyd y nos. Nos yw henaint pan ddaw cystudd Ond i harddu dyn a'i hwyrddydd Rhown ein golau gwan da'n gilydd Ar hyd y nos.

Saesneg Sleep my child and peace attend thee, All through the night Guardian angels God will send thee, All through the night Soft the drowsy hours are creeping Hill and vale in slumber steeping, I my loving vigil keeping All through the night. While the moon her watch is keeping All through the night While the weary world is sleeping All through the night O'er thy spirit gently stealing Visions of delight revealing Breathes a pure and holy feeling All through the night.

Dylid nodi y nad cyfieithiad o'r telynegion Cymraeg yw'r telynegion Saesneg. Y'u hysgrifennwyd gan Sir Harold Boulton ym 1884, ac fe'u rhigymwyd i'r un alaw. Mae'r fersiwn dilynol yn agosach yn Saesneg i'r fersiwn Cymraeg:

All the star's eyelids say, All through the night, "This is the way to the valley of glory," All through the night. Any other light is darkness, To exhibit true beauty, The Heavenly family in peace, All through the night. O, how cheerful smiles the star, All through the night, To light its earthly sister, All through the night. Old age is night when affliction comes, But to beautify man in his late days, We'll put our weak light together, All through the night.

Amrywiadau

Mewn fersiwn Saesneg arall, dirprwyir yr ail bennill gan:

Angels watching ever round thee

All through the night

In thy slumbers close surround thee

All through the night

They will of all fears disarm thee,

No forebodings should alarm thee,

They will let no peril harm thee

All through the night.