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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- "Only a purple moon - on the edge of the bare mountain
0:00:03 > 0:00:07- "And the sound of the river Prysor - singing in the valley."
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- We're on the banks of the Prysor - mentioned in Hedd Wyn's words.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- He is one of our most iconic poets.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- This year marks the centenary of his - death in the trenches in Belgium.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- We're in Trawsfynydd - to commemorate him.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- Welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:30 > 0:00:34- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:38 > 0:00:42- # Soli Deo gloria #
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- The programme features quotes - from some of Hedd Wyn's poems...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- ..and performances - from Meibion Prysor...
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- ..and the pupils - of Ysgol Bro Hedd Wyn.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17- "The poet didn't enter the trenches - until he passed through them...
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- "..for the major battle at dawn - on the last day of July.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- "After a fierce battle, - the objective was secured.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- "But at midday, - while securing the new positions...
0:01:29 > 0:01:34- "..and as the enemy continued - to rain down projectiles...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- "..a grenade fragment - hit the poet in the back...
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- "..causing a deep wound.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- "He fell to the ground.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- "The battle was so intense...
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- "..that there was no medical help - to carry him away to safety.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- "His compatriots - tried to tend his wounds...
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- "..and ease his pain - amid all the dangers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- "But while he lay injured on - the battlefield for three hours...
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- "..not a moan or groan - was heard from him...
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- "..from midday - until three in the afternoon...
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- "..the same hours that the Hero - of Heroes spent wounded...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- "..on the field - of the Battle of Battles.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25- "At three o'clock, the bearers came - to carry him through the trenches.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- "But not far from the spot...
0:02:27 > 0:02:32- "..the injured soldier - had drawn his final breath...
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- "..and the battle was over."
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- "I go out into the eye of the storm
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- "To roam around the hillsides
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- "The rain can fall onto my clothes
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- "The wind can sing as it pleases
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- "I go out into the eye of the storm
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- "No-one anywhere can hear me
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- "No-one will light my path
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- "Save the lightning - in God's expanse
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- "I go out into the eye of the storm
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- "Through the acres - of the ewe and the lamb
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- "The storm laments on the mountains
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- "Like a shard of pain's glory
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- "The frenzied winds on the hillsides
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- "Make tuneful harps of the reeds
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- "Oh, carry, oh, carry my moans
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- "To someone - who will pay them some heed.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- "When my eyes close as I die
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- "May the lightning flash - across the valley
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- "May the rain fall on the mountains
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- "And may the wind - sing as it pleases."
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- "One day, on his adventure, he left
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- "Leaving the splendid old land - of his jovial fathers
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- "Hereafter, the praise - tells of his battles
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- "On Europe's acres - with their dark horizons
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- "And in that distant songless land
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- "The maimed warrior departed - to the sound of artillery fire."
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- "His sacrifice won't be forgotten
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- "His dear face will be remembered
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- "Even though Germany stained - its iron fist in his blood."
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- # Here is the day Jesus was seen
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- # In the roughly-made manger
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- # And God's angels singing
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- # Above the fields of Bethlehem
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- # Let us sing, let us sing
0:11:32 > 0:11:37- # With the blessed angels of God
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- # Though the crib - be coldly cheerless
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- # It received Him as a child once
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- # When coming from the Glory
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- # Towards the earth on its course
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- # All the keys, all the keys
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- # Of eternity are in His hand
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- # Come, angels, again to sing
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- # Above our old warring world
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- # Sing to it about Jesus
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- # Who can still all the battles
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- # In the praise, in the praise
0:12:40 > 0:12:46- # Let all the world's nations - be united #
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- "You loved to roam distant lands
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- "Lands far across the sea
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- "Sometimes, you returned - to your mountain home
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- "With a light and joyful heart
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- "We saw you briefly - before you returned
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- "To the war that's shaking the world
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- "You were filled with the songs - of patriotism and bravery
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- "The songs that cost so much
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- "The whirlwind blows - over Trawsfynydd's hills
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- "In your wake, sorrowful its refrain
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- "You, along with - the inexhaustible battalion
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- "Sleep a dreamless sleep in France."
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- "His mother's grave - is in Trawsfynydd
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- "The habitat - of the wind and the rain
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- "And he sleeps on a pillow
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- "In a distant foreign cemetery
0:17:11 > 0:17:17- "He lived with gentleness and love - filling his loyal heart
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- "He died with affection in his eye
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- "On the altar - of his land's freedom."
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- # We're the children of Bro Hedd Wyn
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- # And we remember you
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- # The gifted poet and shepherd
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- # We treasure all your works
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- # Your name is in our school's name
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- # Your face is on our street
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- # Your heart is in Yr Ysgwrn
0:18:03 > 0:18:09- # You're still Trawsfynydd's son
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- # Hedd Wyn, Hedd Wyn
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- # You are famous, a man of note
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- # And we will remember you
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- # The gifted poet and shepherd
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- # The "hero" of the black chair
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- # Your name is in our school's name
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- # Your face is on our street
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- # Your heart is in Yr Ysgwrn
0:18:40 > 0:18:45- # You're still Trawsfynydd's son
0:18:46 > 0:18:53- # You're still Trawsfynydd's son
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- # Hedd Wyn, Hedd Wyn #
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- "Woe that I live in bitter days
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- "As God is setting like a sun
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- "And in his place, as lord and slave
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- "Man raises forth his heinous throne
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- "When he thought God - was gone at last
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- "He put his brother to the sword
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- "Now death is roaring in our ears
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- "Shadowing the shanties of the poor
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- "The old and silenced harps are hung
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- "On yonder willow trees again
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- "The bawl of boys is on the wind
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- "Their blood - is blended in the rain."
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- The Reverend Abi Williams - was a chaplain in the trenches.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- This is how he described - Hedd Wyn's funeral...
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- ..in Y Cymro on 28 November 1917.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- "It is not uninteresting to note...
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- "..that he was buried not far - from the Iron Cross on Pilkem Ridge.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- "The service - was conducted in Welsh...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- "..by my friend, - Chaplain D Morris Jones.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- "He didn't know at the time - that he was burying a chaired poet.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- "It is interesting but sad - to think of this today.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- Yes, Welsh accents were heard above - the grave of the Trawsfynydd poet...
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- "..and though the grave - is in a foreign land...
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- "..the atmosphere and the feelings - were truly Welsh."
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