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0:00:15 > 0:00:18- It was cold that night, my friend.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- The winter wind - roared through the trees...
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- ..and the rain - gripped the stream in its fists.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- I was a fool heading for home.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46- It was late, and I was ashen...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- ..as grey as every place.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- Rhys and Meinir - is a legend about two lovers.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- I heard it first - as a child from my father...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- ..here at Nant Gwrtheyrn.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- It's a simple five-minute tale...
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- ..about what happened to them - when they decided to get married.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- It's a heartbreaking tale...
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- ..akin to the plot - of an opera or a ballet.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- It's an epic tale.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- I decided to compose - a classical piece...
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- ..to fulfil my dream - of working with an orchestra.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28- Cian Ciaran's unique - and exceptional piece...
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- ..Rhys A Meinir.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- I had a collection of records...
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- ..that included loads - of field recordings.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- I decided to go to Nant - and record some of my own.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Once you stand there - in the open air...
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- ..you ingest - the spirit of the place.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- You hear what's around you, - nature and wildlife.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- I realized how quiet Nant is.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- It feels as if not much has changed - over the centuries.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48- Maybe it helped me to go back - to Rhys and Meinir's time.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Scene 1: Rhys meets Meinir
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Then, sunlight.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Sunlight shining from somewhere.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- The waves died down so suddenly.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Then she came - along the wall of fragile foam...
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- ..appearing through the light.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- She stood still.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Stock still, - as the raging wind eased...
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- ..with the grey mist between two - like light in the gloom.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Then, - in the biting teeth of January...
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- ..I heard the bells of a wedding - feast through the empty night.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- She opened unto me like the sea.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- The offer I got from Cian to retell - the noted tale of Rhys and Meinir...
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- ..was a chance to portray anew - an old, old story.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- It's a truly powerful legend...
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- ..in that it appeals - to our most primitive instincts.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20- Love and loss.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- The story of Rhys and Meinir - is so sad.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Why did you want - to interpret the story musically?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34- Wow.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40- Well, it's a story that has been - part of my life since I was a child.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- The story is a simple one.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- It's about a man called Rhys - and his love towards Meinir.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- They fall in love - and decide to get married.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- It was a tradition at the time - for the bride to hide.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- The ushers - would then look for her...
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- ..to bring her back to the church - or chapel to get married.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Unfortunately, - they couldn't find Meinir.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Rhys couldn't understand - where she had gone.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- In time, he loses his mind.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46- Years later, - on a stormy night, he goes out.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- A bolt of lightning - splits a tree trunk.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- Meinir's skeleton, - in her wedding dress...
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- ..falls out of the hollow trunk.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- He dies instantly of shock - or a heart attack.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- My relationship with Nant started - when I was about three, probably.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- My family - always went for a walk to Nant.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- If you've never been there, - it's a striking place.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- It leaves a lasting impression.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- I used to have dreams...
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- ..about the steepest slope - that you could imagine.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- It had seeped - into my subconscious...
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- ..the walk down - and back up from Nant.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- My father had a dream...
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- ..of establishing - a language centre there.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- That's been a part of his life - and my family's life...
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- ..for as long as I can remember.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Even today, - Nant Gwrtheyrn is remote.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- On a fine day, it's perfect.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- But when the storm - bares its teeth...
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- ..it can be a rough - and unpleasant place.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- That duality is in Nant itself.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- Maybe Nant Gwrtheyrn - is the ideal setting for the legend.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- I like the idea - of traditional legends...
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- ..being handed down - from one generation to the next...
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- ..in either oral - or musical or poetic form.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05- This is our way of introducing - the legend to the next generation.
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0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Scene 2: The wedding
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- That night, my friend, I was whole.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- She was there, virginal...
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- ..and the wine cleansed - every man of his weaknesses.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- Yes, it was a night - as long as the ages.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- An era was about to start - to the sound of the dance...
0:11:17 > 0:11:18- ..and we were two.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Meinir was one with myself.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31- From the banquet, - in the embers of morning, she ran.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- The hem of her dress - was light like a silver web...
0:11:36 > 0:11:37- ..as she sought to hide.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- I announced that I was coming, - still counting down.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- The seconds felt like bullets.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- When I do play or write something...
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- ..I have to play it over and over - to get it right to listen back to.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Or I just sound like Les Dawson!
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- The idea in my head - is totally clear.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- But I don't find it easy - to transfer it down to the hands.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- But the good thing - about writing at the piano...
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- ..when it clicks and I play it - more than once with no mistakes...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- ..I know, that's it, that's the one.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- I'll record that - into the computer...
0:13:44 > 0:13:50- ..and start to adapt it, play with - the structures and add more tracks.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Cellos, synths, whatever.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- When making a demo, - there's a record of all the work.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07- Over two or three years, - I'll have enough to make an album.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- That's when I started to learn - about the classical world.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- How it works, - who do I need to talk to.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- I left school at 16.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- It was an exciting period.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- In the late 1980s, - acid house started...
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- ..and the associated parties.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- I sort of stumbled into it.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- I started getting into synths - and drum machines and so on.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Creating music with machines.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- I tried to get into college - in Manchester to study Music...
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- ..but I didn't get a place.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- So, I did a film course in Newport.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04- I left after a year - to join the Super Furry Animals.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10- Cian was very young, late teens, - when he joined the Super Furries.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- I know that the Furries - are all about teamwork.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Everyone's role is crucial.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- But Cian's influence - can be clearly heard in their sound.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- No Furries set could end - without his wild and wacky techno.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- When we recorded Hey Venus - with the Furries...
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- ..we got the chance to go - to a studio in the south of France.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Miraval.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- This would have been 2006 or 2007.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- It was an experience, - life in the south of France.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- It was just as you'd imagined - it would be.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- We spent three weeks - recording there.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- I was writing a piece - at the piano...
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- ..when the idea for Rhys A Meinir - came into my head.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- Whatever I played - reminded me of the legend.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- The idea turned into a piece.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- It's a little tune I wrote yesterday - called Lick My Love Pump.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- I haven't had the idea - of a legend or a story...
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- ..combining with music - like that before.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- I thought - it might go on the album...
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- ..but we - already had about 20 songs.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10- The Furries had stopped for a time - in 2009...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- ..so I resurrected - the Rhys A Meinir idea.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- I was first introduced - to Cian in 2012.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- He came to me for the orchestration.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- He sent me sketches - of various things he'd been writing.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- I loved the idea - of what he was trying to do.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- This Welsh folk tale set to music.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Fantastic. Sign me up.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Whenever a composer - writes a piece of music...
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- ..it first exists - as a sort of sketch.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- It's down to me - to help turn that...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- ..into something - that musicians can play.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- I can hand it to the conductor - to bring it to life.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- The style of the piece - is programmatic.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- There's a fine tradition - in orchestral writing...
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- ..of pieces that are essentially - following a story.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- So, we have motifs, - motifs for the two lovers..
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- We hear these during the piece...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- ..and they change - as the two protagonists change.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- And then he changes - to a different chord.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Then this wonderful tune starts - which we'll hear later.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26- Meinir!
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- There's a link - between this legend...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- ..and other Nant Gwrtheyrn legends.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- One about Gwrtheyrn, - another about Elis Bach.
0:19:39 > 0:19:45- There's also a link - with the legend about three monks.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Were his enemies - given a lease to his land?
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- Centuries ago, monks wanted to - establish a place of worship there.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- But local people - were vehemently opposed to this.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- They threw stones and protested - against this kind of institution.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- May Gwrtheyrn - be afflicted by a curse.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- The monks were disappointed...
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- ..and they cursed the valley.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- ..bones and marrow - from angry revenge.
0:20:30 > 0:20:36- Of course, there was talk - that Rhys and Meinir were cousins.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- One of the curses - was that no-one who was related...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- ..would neither be allowed - nor able to marry...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- ..in Nant Gwrtheyrn.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46- Meinir!
0:21:33 > 0:21:34- Then she vanished.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- Yes.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Like that, my friend.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44- Like a moth into the gloom.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Sinking into the lair - of the dark night.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- She came, then disappeared.
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0:22:44 > 0:22:49- Until the mid-19th century, - there were three farms in Nant.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Ty Uchaf, Ty Canol and Ty Hen.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- But in the 1860s, - the quarries began to open.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Granite quarries.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- The local granite - is extremely hard, apparently.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- This granite was needed...
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- ..for pavements and streets - in distant cities.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- They operated for several decades.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- About 200 people lived here - when they were in their heyday.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- It was self-sufficient, - more or less.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Most of the cargo was transported - by sea.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33- Then, with the advent - of the car and tarmac...
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- ..demand for the granite dropped.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- The quarries declined, - the numbers employed there fell.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- One by one, the families left.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- I want to introduce Cian Ciaran.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- Cian, do you want to come - and say a bit about the story?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15- Give him some love!
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Where shall I start?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- It's a love story, - a tragic love story.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- Boy meets girl.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- I was worried - at the rehearsal in January...
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- ..about presenting the work - to the musicians for the first time.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- How they'd react to it.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- How they'd react to me.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- You start to doubt yourself.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Why you're here, - what you're doing in this room.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Let's go from the beginning then.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Cian, how was that - in terms of sound and balance?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- I was just questioning the woodwind.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Was it just the woodwinds...
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- ..or any time we got - those chord shapes in the orchestra?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- The third note in the triple - has an accent on that.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56- So, if they slur it?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- So, if they slur it?- - A little bit of shape as well.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15- Closer?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- No, not for me, sorry.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- I don't know what to suggest - how to fix it.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Sometimes, it feels like sixteenths.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- I realized quite soon - that it wasn't right.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- It didn't sound as I wanted it.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- If I didn't say something now, - it wouldn't change.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- I had to clearly define - what I wanted from the performance.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- There's no crescendo over it, - each bar is like...
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- To think that no-one - had seen or heard it before...
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- ..it was still a good rendition.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- At the time, reaching that point - felt a bit of a miracle in itself.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20- Cool.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33- As a location, Nant Gwrtheyrn has - a definite place in Welsh folklore.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39- It won a corner in Welsh history - by simply being so inaccessible.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45- It was linked to the outside world - solely by one narrow winding road...
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- ..that was also extremely steep.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- When the quarries and social habits - reached a turning point...
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- ..Nant Gwrtheyrn - ceased to exist as a village.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10- I remember coming here in the 1970s.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Tourists - would sometimes stop and ask...
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- .."Could you tell us - where the ghost village is, please?"
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- After that night, my friend, - the winters were bitter.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- The rain like spears on a cloak.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- The memories nauseating.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49- Like a nightmare, a ritual, - I went back into the mist...
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- ..my conscience a gimlet..
0:28:53 > 0:28:59- ..yet knowing that she wasn't, - that she wouldn't come.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- In one respect, - the englynion tell the story.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- They reiterate the familiar legend.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18- But if you scratch the surface, - you might find deeper meaning.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- The theme of affection...
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- ..and subsequent loss...
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- ..is common - to so many aspects of our lives.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- It doesn't just happen with love.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- It's possibly relevant - to this patch of land.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- This patch of land that we love...
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- ..but which is rapidly disappearing - in front of our eyes.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52- The language which is so dear to us - losing ground slowly.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13- I moved to a medical practice - in Llanaelhaearn, a solo practice.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- So, when I wanted time - out of the house...
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- ..I couldn't roam too far.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- Coming down to Nant - was an escape from all that.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- We brought the children with us, - of course, more often than not.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Cian was one of our four children.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- We told them about the place - and about the legends.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- They were also well aware - that we wanted to buy it...
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- ..to create something of note, - as regards jobs and the language.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Finally, a new era seems set - to start in Nant Gwrtheyrn.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Should this idea be realized...
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- ..it could become - a quiet and creative haven...
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- ..to resist the drop in the number - of Welsh speakers in Wales.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- We bought it in 1978.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- I established a trust...
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- ..and the rest, - as they say, is history.
0:31:14 > 0:31:20- We started to raise funds in earnest - to begin developing the site.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Could I speak to Mr Elwyn Jones?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Nant Gwrtheyrn Language Centre.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- Our aims were to create jobs - and to promote the Welsh language.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- I think we've created - a centre of excellence...
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- ..where both those initial aims - have been achieved.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50- Scene 3: The search
0:32:13 > 0:32:18- After that night, my friend, - the winters were bitter.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- The rain like spears on a cloak.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- The memories nauseating.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32- Like a nightmare, a ritual, - I went back into the mist...
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- ..my conscience a gimlet...
0:32:37 > 0:32:42- ..yet knowing that she wasn't, - that she wouldn't come.
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0:34:12 > 0:34:16- This is the wine - that the Pope drinks, apparently.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- If it's good enough for him...
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- Does it feel strange, - being alone in a dressing room?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28- I hadn't thought about it.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30- Do you feel lonely?
0:34:30 > 0:34:31- Do you feel lonely?- - Yes.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Cian has wanted to do this - for about 20 years.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- You were here back in January.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46- I'm not good at speaking publicly, - to be honest.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Stumbling over my words and so on.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52- But there we are.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- In under half an hour...
0:34:55 > 0:35:00- ..the BBC National Orchestra - of Wales will perform Rhys A Meinir.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01- Anything to share with the nation?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Anything to share with the nation?- - Just that I'm excited.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- The doors have opened, - and the audience is coming in.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- It's all a bit more real, I take it.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Sounds from behind us.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Going back to January...
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- ..how do you feel tonight - compared to then?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- It's hard to put into words.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- January was a rehearsal, - tonight is a performance.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- There's no room for errors.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29- Break a leg!
0:35:29 > 0:35:30- Break a leg!- - Let's do it.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47- For anyone to write a piece of music - for an orchestra and choir...
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- ..that lasts an hour - is an astonishing achievement.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- I'm fairly experienced - at writing music now.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- Even for me, that would be daunting.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- I really loved - seeing the audience come in.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- Clearly, people who'd been big fans - of the Super Furry Animals...
0:40:08 > 0:40:13- ..were really excited to see - this development in Cian's writing.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- It was a revelation for them...
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- ..to hear what the orchestral - sound world was like.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Legends are an integral part...
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- ..of our awareness - of who and what we are as a nation.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- A legend - should be more than history.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- It should be alive - on the nation's tongues.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- It should be just as relevant - to the future as it is to the past.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- When we recite a legend...
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- ..we should be drawing on the past - in order to nourish the future.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11- Scene 4: Summary
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- It was cold that night, my friend.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- The winter wind - roared through the trees...
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- ..and the rain - gripped the stream in its fists.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- I was a fool heading for home.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- It was late, and I was ashen...
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- ..as grey as every place.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- Then, sunlight.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- Sunlight shining from somewhere.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- The waves died down so suddenly.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- Then she came - along the wall of fragile foam...
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- ..appearing through the light.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12- She stood still.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19- Stock still, - as the raging wind eased...
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- ..with the grey mist between two - like light in the gloom.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Then, - in the biting teeth of January...
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- ..I heard the bells - of a wedding feast...
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- ..through the empty night.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40- She opened unto me like the sea.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- That night, my friend, I was whole.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- She was there, virginal...
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- ..and the wine cleansed - every man of his weaknesses.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03- Yes, it was a night - as long as the ages.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- An era was about to start - to the sound of the dance...
0:43:09 > 0:43:10- ..and we were two.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- Meinir was one with myself.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23- From the banquet, - in the embers of morning, she ran.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- The hem of her dress - was light like a silver web...
0:43:28 > 0:43:30- ..as she sought to hide.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36- I announced that I was coming, - still counting down.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40- The seconds felt like bullets.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44- Then she vanished.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46- Yes.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50- Like that, my friend.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54- Like a moth into the gloom.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59- Sinking into the lair - of the dark night.
0:43:59 > 0:44:04- She came, then disappeared.
0:44:07 > 0:44:13- After that night, my friend, - the winters were bitter.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16- The rain like spears on a cloak.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19- The memories nauseating.
0:44:21 > 0:44:26- Like a nightmare, a ritual, - I went back into the mist...
0:44:26 > 0:44:29- ..my conscience a gimlet..
0:44:30 > 0:44:36- ..yet knowing that she wasn't, - that she wouldn't come.
0:44:44 > 0:44:49- One night, as the storm - gathered in the stream...
0:44:49 > 0:44:50- ..I returned.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56- I heard the thunder - among the oaks...
0:44:56 > 0:45:01- ..then, alone, I saw her in exile.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07- In the light of the bolt, - I saw her, I saw her.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11- The hollow tree - cradling her like a leaf...
0:45:11 > 0:45:14- ..her white dress - encased in bark...
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- ..and her empty skull gaping.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30- Through the rain, - I could hear a banquet.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32- I swore.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37- She was ever more...
0:45:43 > 0:45:45- ..there for me...
0:45:49 > 0:45:51- ..like the sea itself.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf.
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