The Adulterer's Tongue An Anthology of Welsh

Presented here are translations of the works of six of the most able contemporary Welsh-language poets, writing in styles varying from vers libre to the ancient strict metres. These poets include Bobi Jones, Menna Elfyn, Emyr Lewis, Iwan Llwyd, Gwyneth Lewis, and Elin ap Hywel. In an introductory essay, Minhinnick questions whether modern writers working in an imperiled language might consider English translation of their poems as a form of adultery.

Robert Minhinnick is the author of Watching the Fire Eater, winner of the 1993 Welsh Book of the Year; Badlands; Selected Poems; and After the Hurricane. He has received an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry, a John Morgan Award for his prose work, and two Arts Council of Wales Literature Prizes. He is the editor of Poetry Wales.

Acknowledgements

vii

Introduction

ix

Bobi Jones

Gyrrwr Trên / Engine Driver

2

(2)

Paent Vermeer / Vermeer's Paint

4

(2)

Mynwent Bilbo / Bilbao Churchyard

6

(2)

Cacynen / Wasp

8

(4)

Wyn Mawrth / March Lambs

12

(2)

Tidun heb Het / Landscape without a Hat

14

(2)

Clustiau Beethoven / Beethoven's Ears

16

(6)

Menna Elfyn

Iâ Cymru / Welsh Ice

22

(2)

Mis Mai yn My Lai / May in My Lai

24

(2)

Y Lliaws sy'n Llosgi / The Burning Multitude

26

(2)

Sardinau / Sardines

28

(4)

Rhyw Ddiolchgarwch / Some Kind of Thanks

32

(2)

Pigo / Pins

34

(2)

Botwin i'r Botwin Bol / Belly Button Song

36

(2)

Darfod / Passing On

38

(4)

Emyr Lewis

Taliesin / Taliesin

42

(2)

M4/M4

44

(4)

Yr Aes / The Hayes

48

(2)

Sacs / Sax

50

(2)

o 'Chwyldro' / from 'Revolution'

52

(4)

Llundain,1792 / London, 1792

56

(4)

Iwan Llwyd

Ceir / Automobiles

60

(2)

Far Rockaway / Far Rockaway

62

(2)

o 'Woodstock' / from 'Woodstock'

64

(4)

Harley Davidson / Harley Davidson

68

(4)

'Meet me at the St Francis' / 'Meet me at the St Francis'

72

(2)

Y Corryn / Spider

74

(4)

Gwyneth Lewis

Cyfweliad â'r Bardd / Interview with the Poet

78

(2)

Dechrau'r Anghofio / Beginning to Forget

80

(2)

Bardd yn Pysgota / The Poet Fishing

82

(2)

Defod / Ritual

84

(2)

Ewyllys yr Iaith / The Language's Will and Testament

86

(2)

Yn yr Awyr Agored / In the Open Air

88

(2)

Llawysgrif y Ffarmwr / The Farmer's Evidence

90

(2)

Y Munudau Olaf / The Last Minutes

92

(2)

Rhodd / The Watch

94

(4)

Elin ap Hywel

Diosg / Disarmed

98

(2)

Pwytho I Stitching

100

(2)

Aur / Treasure

102

(4)

Glas / Blue

106

(2)

Yn Nhy fy Mam / In My Mother's House

108

(4)

Cawl / A Song about Soup

112

(2)

Deall Goleuni / Understanding the Light

114

(2)

Defnyddiol / Useful

116

(2)

Duwiesau / Goddesses

118

(2)

Unwaith / History

120

(3)

Index of First Lines

123

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