Fy Nymuniadau from Carneddi by Iestyn Tyne

Bu farw Carneddog ym 1947. Fe’i claddwyd yn ôl ym Meddgelert, ac yno rai blynyddoedd yn ddiweddarach y rhoddwyd Catrin i orffwys, hefyd, y ddau yn yr un bedd â’r plant a’u rhagflaenodd.

‘Fy Nymuniadau’ oedd cerdd olaf Gwallter Llyfni, a gyfansoddwyd ganddo ar ei wely angau ym 1932, ac a gyhoeddwyd gyntaf gan Carneddog yn y ‘Manion o’r Mynydd’ ar 23 Mai y flwyddyn honno. Teimlais fod yr emyn-dôn ‘Cysur’, un o’r alawon cyntaf imi ddysgu’i chanu ar y ffidil, yn ateb y gofyniad am ‘emyn syml, syml, / Ar ryw dôn o’r cywair llon’ i’r dim. Mae rhyw ysgafnder hyfryd ym mhenillion Gwallter, a siawns na fyddai rhai o’r un dymuniadau wedi gweddu i’r hen bâr alltud wrth iddynt ddychwelyd i’w bro am y tro olaf.

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Carneddog died in 1947. He was buried back in Beddgelert, and it was there that Catrin was placed to rest, too, some years later; both in the same grave as the children who went before them.

'Fy Nymuniadau' was Gwallter Llyfni's final poem, composed on his deathbed in 1932 and first published by Carneddog in 'Manion o'r Mynydd' on 23 May that year. I felt that the hymn tune 'Cysur', one of the first tunes i ever learnt to play on the fiddle, answered Gwallter's request for a simple, happy hymn perfectly. There's a lovely lightness to Gwallter's verses, and I'd like to think that some of his wishes could have been applied to the old couple as they returned to their own land for the final time.

Sgwennwr, cerddor, golygydd ac artist. Un o Gymrodorion Cymru'r Dyfodol 2023-25 a Bardd y Dre Caernarfon.

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Writer, musician, editor and artist. Future Wales Fellow 2023-25 and Caernarfon Town Poet.

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