Welsh poetry: Dafydd ap Gwilym

‘Trafferth Mewn Tafarn’
Deuthum i ddinas dethol,
A’m hardd wreangyn i’m hôl.
Cain howydraul, lle cwyn hydrum,
Cymryd, balch o febyd fum,
Llety urddedig ddigawn
Cyffredin, a gwin a gawn.
Canfod rhiain addfeindeg
Yn y ty, mau enaid teg.
Bwrw yn llwyr, liw haul dwyrain,
Fy mryd ar wyn fy myd main.
Prynu rhost, nid er bostiaw,
A gwin drud, mi a gwen draw.
Gwarwy a gâr gwyr [...]

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First impression of soon

Da es ja noch ein paar Tage dauert bis ich Wales erobere, biete ich als Vorgeschmack schonmal diverse Fotos, Infos und Videos als Überblick an.
Basketball Team
Bangor (Video)
Welcome Week (Video)
Gwynedd

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How to be a frog

Jump for joy through the morning air
Riding on the turtle’s back
Unencumbered by any harm
I stuck so deep in the horse’s neck.
What is heavier than air
Is it the rain that makes me drain
The water plain from any pain
I ever felt before I melt
into the liquid there to belt
a ring of draught a circulation
onto my belly’s undulation
What [...]

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