Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Dedwydd!

[rae_fa]

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Tros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.


There's nothing more patriotic than hearing 80,000 people singing your national anthem. If you're curious what it sounds like and how the words are pronounced, just watch the vid. It puts a smile on my face every time.

Land of my Fathers

Land of my Fathers, O land of the free,
A land of poets and minstrels, famed men.
Her brave warriors, patriots much blessed,
It was for freedom that they lost their blood.

Wales! Wales!,
I am devoted to my country.
So long as the sea is a wall to this fair beautiful land,
May the ancient language remain.

There are actually another two verses of the National Anthem, but it's often cut off after this point ;o)

Comments

[kaalee.livejournal.com]

That was really cool to watch. Thank you so much for sharing. ♥

[rae-fa.livejournal.com]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed it! I adore our national anthem. :o)

Would you mind if i picked your brain for a minute? You know how you're such a cool teacher and have way more experience than me? ♥ The word 'any'...do you work with your class on how to spell it? I work with a couple of children on their spellings every week, and trying to explain how even though 'any' is spelt with an 'a' it makes an 'eh' sound but isn't spelt with an 'e'...i'm really struggling! We use Thrass charts in our school, and while they're good for some things, they just don't help for 'any.' Do you have any tricks or know of any good websites that i could look into for advice on these things?

[midvacent.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's, wow. It brought tears to my eyes.

[rae-fa.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you...when you're there, and singing, the absolute power of 80,000 people singing their hearts out with that song is absolutely breathtaking. It's that moment, not the game, that makes you utterly proud to be Welsh. I've only been part of it once, but i'll never forget it.

And your icon? I absolutely loved that scene in 'The Last Man'. Mainly because i have many memories of being a young teenager messing around and doing similar things on that same pier with my youth group...but that was such a wonderful scene - it brings such a huge smile to my face to watch it over and over again :o)

[midvacent.livejournal.com]

It's must have been phenomenal to experience that. I only wish that could happen here in Australia. Perhaps you know, but most aussies hate our national anthem, it was written back when British Imperialism was the way of things, but now it doesn't reflect our culture at all. Or at least, I don't think it does.

Re Icon. How awesome. I'd find it surreal to see the same thing happening in the same place only fact vs. fiction. Hee. It makes me really happy too. Feel free to snag, I've put the creators name in comments on my userpic page.

MSN?

[luthienberen]

Will you be on MSN this afternoon? I'll be logged in from 1-1:30pm onwards (I'm not sure I'll be on this evening - it depends on whether my father needs the computer so afternoon is best).