Dinogad’s Smock – Welsh Lullaby 

Dinogad’s Smock Lyrics

In Welsh Language

Pais Dinogad sydd fraith, fraith,
O groen y bela y mae’i waith.
`Chwí! Chwí!’ Chwibanwaith.
Gwaeddwn ni, gwaeddant hwy – yr wyth gaeth.
Pan elai dy dad di i hela –
Gwaywffon ar ei ysgwydd, pastwn yn ei law –
Galwai ar gw+n tra chyflym,
`Giff! Gaff! Dal, dal! Dwg, dwg!’
Fe laddai bysgod o’i gwrwgl
Fel y llada llew fân-filod!
Pan elai dy dad di i’r mynydd
Deuai ef ag un iwrch, un twrch coed, un hydd,
Un rugiar fraith o fynydd,
A physgodyn o readr Derwennydd.
Beth bynnag a gyrhaeddai dy dad â’i bicell –
Boed yn dwrch, yn gath goed, yn lwynog –
Ni ddihangai’r un oni bai’n nerthol ei adenydd.

If you do not yet read Welsh, you might prefer the following loose translation:

Dinogad’s shift is speckled, speckled,
It was made from the pelts of martens.
`Wee! Wee!’ Whistling.
We call, they call, the eight in chains.
When your father went out to hunt –
A spear on his shoulder, a club in his hand –
He called on his lively dogs,
`Giff! Gaff! Take, take! Fetch, fetch!’
He killed fish from his coracle
Like the lion killing small animals.
When your father went to the mountains
He would bring back a roebuck, a boar, a stag,
A speckled grouse from the mountain,
And a fish from the Derwennydd falls.
At whatever your father aimed his spear –
Be it a boar, a wild cat, or a fox –
None would escape but that had strong wings.