Poetry from the Red Book of Hergest

Kalangaeaf Kalet Grawn

Red Book of Hergest cols.1031-1032

1	Kalangaeaf kalet grawn.	1031:30
2	deil ar gychwyn llynwynn llawn .
3	y bore gynn noe vynet gwae a ymdiret estrawn ~	1031:31

4	Kalangayaf kein gyfrin .	1031:32
5	kyfret awel a drychin .
6	gweith keluyd yw kelu rin ~	1031:34

7	Kalangayaf cul hydot.	1031:35
8	melyn blaen bedu gwedw hauot .
9	gwae ahaed meuyl yr bychot ~	1031:36

10	Kalangayaf crwm blaen gwrysc .	1031:37
11	gnawt o benn dirieit teruysc .
12	lle ny bo dawn ny byd dysc .	1031:38

13	Kalangaeaf garw hin .	1031:39
14	anhebic ygynteuin .
15	namwyn duw nyt oes dewin ~	1031:40

16	Kalangaeaf kein gyfreu	1031:41
17	adar . byrr dyd ban cogeu .
18	trugar daffar duw goreu. ~	1031:42

19	Kalangayaf kalet cras	1031:43
20	purdu bran buan o vras .
21	am gwymp hen chwerdit gwen gwas ~	1031:44

22	Kalangaeaf cul kerwyt	1032:1
23	gwae wann pansyrr byrr vyd byt.
24	gwir gwell hegarwch nophryt.	1032:2

25	Kalangayaf llwm godeith .	1032:3
26	aradyr yn rych ych yggweith.
27	or kant odit kedymdeith ~	1032:4

Bibliography:
Text:
Evans, J Gwenogvryn, The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest (Llanbedrog, 1911), p.8.
Jackson, Kenneth, Early Welsh Gnomic Poems (Cardiff, UWP, 1935), pp.27-28.
Translations:
Skene, W F, The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Edinburgh, 1868), p.573.
Jackson, Kenneth, Studies in Early Celtic Nature Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 1935), pp.63-64.