Cerddi a Darlleniadau ar gyfer Seremonïau Sifil / Poems
and Readings for Civil Ceremonies
Keep Love in your Heart
gan/by Oscar Wilde
Keep love in your heart.
A life without it is like a sunless garden
when the flowers are dead.
The consciousness of loving
and being loved brings
a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.
Let me not to the Marriage of Two Minds Admit Impediments
gan/by William Shakespeare
Let me not to the marriage of two minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O, No! it is an ever fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
With his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Your Marriage should have within it a Secret and Protected Place
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
“Your marriage”, he said, “should have within it, a secret and
protected place, open to you alone. Imagine it to be a walled
garden, entered by a door to which you only hold the key.
Within this garden you will cease to be a mother, father,
employee, homemaker or any of the other roles which you fulfil in daily life.
Here, you are yourselves - two people who love each other.
Here you can concentrate on one another’s needs.
So take my hand and let us go back to our garden.
The time we spend is not wasted but invested.
Invested in our future and the nurture of our love.
Words from a Native American Wedding Ceremony
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Now you will feel no rain
for each of you will be a shelter for the other,
Now you will feel no cold
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling
to enter into your life together.
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Two Fractional Lives
gan/by Mark Twain
A marriage
makes of two fractional lives
A whole;
It gives two purposeless lives
a work, and doubles the strength
of each to perform it;
it gives to two questioning natures
a reason for living,
and something to live for,
it will give a new gladness
to the sunshine,
a new fragrance to the flowers,
a new beauty to the earth,
and a new mystery to life.
Love is
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Love is always being there
to help each other through,
Love is listening patiently
then deciding together what to do.
And love is being happy
with the special life you share,
For love is always knowing
that you have someone to care.
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
gan/by Edward Lear
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
‘O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!’
Pussy said to the Owl, ‘You elegant fowl!’
How charmingly sweetly you sing!
let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?’
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose!
With a ring at the end of his nose.
‘Dear Pig, are you willing to sell
for one shilling
Your ring? Said the Piggy, ‘I will’.
So they took it away,
And were married next day
By the turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
The hand that holds
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Now, in the still air, in which we stand,
And draw our breath between these walls,
And in the light, which bathes each feature,
We have become, the witnesses to something oh! So clear
By way of what has been seen, and that, of what we hear.
Now, as the clock, ticks time, softly by,
We pause, and cast our minds for just this moment.
To a place where we have joined, now bonded as one,
As the tree roots to the earth, as sand beds the winding shore
This is no simple union, but so much more.
For the hand of the man, now holds, within his own
The hand of the woman he loves,
And hold he will, from this time on,
As if he cups the most valued treasure, tame and wild,
And cradles them gently, like some newborn child.
And this woman he loves will change his life
As he from his, and she from hers, they both together step,
From this woman, in him has all she needs
A steady in uncertainty, a rock on which to form,
A place to shelter and protect whatever the storm.
Yes in this still air, we have become the witness,
Of the two, who in affection and desire, are now one,
And in this light, we have honoured, for we have seen.
An act, not simply of goodwill, tradition, life or season,
But love, in all its wonder, glory, joy and meaning.
True Love
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
True love is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear.
True love gives with gentle heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands
The hearts that it entwines.
Crazy with Love
gan/by Charlotte Gray
I know every bump, every bulge, every wrinkle.
Every sag, every bag, every scar, every flaw, every whisker.
I know that you fleck the bathroom tiles with shaving foam,
That you flood the floor with bath water,
That you never take your plate to the sink,
That you strew your clothes,
That you forget to change your socks,
That you tell me the end of detective novels,
That you track mud through the house,
That you never remember to pay the paper bill.
I know your eccentricities, your prejudices, your moods.
And somehow, for some reason I can never fully understand,
I am crazy with love for you.
Love
gan/by Roy Croft
I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am when I am with you.
I love you,
Not only what you have made of yourself,
But for what you are making of me.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good,
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it by being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means, after all.
That Wonderful Day
gan/by Patience Strong
The wonderful day I shall never forget
That day long ago when we two met
Time stood still for a moment or two
When you saw me and I saw you.
Love at first sight. It happened thus
It happened that day and it happened to us
Strangers. Your name I’d never heard
We gave no sign and spoke no word.
It was nothing less than a miracle
Impossible, incredible
To be in a strange crowded place
Becoming aware of a single face.
Who can explain it? Nobody
But it happened to you and it happened to me
In that first moment when we two met
On the wonderful day I shall never forget.
I Will Be Here
gan/by Steven Curtis Chapman
If in the morning when you wake,
If the sun does not appear,
I will be here.
If in the dark we lose sight of love,
Hold my hand and have no fear,
I will be here.
I will be here,
When you feel like being quiet,
When you need to speak your mind I will listen.
Through the winning, losing, and trying we’ll be together,
And I will be here.
If in the morning when you wake,
If the future is unclear,
I will be here.
As sure as seasons were made for change,
Our lifetimes were made for years,
I will be here.
I will be here,
And you can cry on my shoulder,
When the mirror tells me we’re older.
I will hold you, to watch you grow in beauty,
And tell you all the thing s you are to me.
We’ll be together and I will be here.
I will be true to the promises I’ve made
To you and to one who gave you to me.
I will be here.
The Art of a Good Marriage
gan/by Wilfred Arlan Peterson
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say ‘I love you’ at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted – the courtship should
Not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or
sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful
ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal,
dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner,
It is being the right partner.
The Promise
gan/by Eileen Rafter
The sun danced on the snow with a sparkling smile,
As two lovers sat quietly, alone for a while.
Then he turned and said with a casual air
(Though he blushed from his chin to the tips of his hair),
“I think I might like to get married to you”
“Well then,” she said, “Well there’s a thought,
But what if we can’t promise to be all that we ought,
If I’m late yet again, when we plan to go out,
For I know I can’t promise, I’ll learn to ignore
Dirty socks and damp towels strewn all over the floor.
So if we can’t vow to be all that we should
I’m not sure what to do, though the idea’s quite good”.
But he gently smiled and tilted his head
Till his lips met her ear and softly he said
“I promise to weave my dreams into your own,
That wherever you breathe will be my heart’s home.
I promise, that whether with rags or with gold I am blessed
Your smile is the jewel I will treasure the best.
Do you think then, my love, we should marry – do you?”
“Yes” she said smiling “I do”.
For the Bride and Groom
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Love is the most incredible of experiences that touch our lives.
It creates for us the world that we want to live in.
From the beginning of our lives,
we know that love is the power that comforts and protects us;
it is the one feeling that we can depend on to help us through life’s ups and
downs.
Love is the understanding and security that never changes;
it allows us to be ourselves and feel self-confident.
Today, as the two of you join together and commit your love to each other,
remember the lessons of love that you have always known.
Let your love comfort, support and encourage you.
Let your love be the best part of your lives;
always know that it will make everything better,
and it will make your world a place of happiness.
An Apache Wedding (full version)
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
May the sun bring you new energy by day;
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries
And the breeze blow new strength into your being.
All the days of your life may you walk gently
Through the world, and know its beauty.
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons,
But there are three lives before you:
His life, her life, and your life together.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into the days of your life together.
May beauty surround you both
In the journey ahead and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion
To the place where the river meets the sun,
And may your days together
Be good and long upon this earth.
Our Family
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Our family is a circle of love and strength.
With every birth and every union the circle grows.
Every joy shared adds more love.
Every obstacle faced together makes the circle stronger.
Seashore
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
As the tides ebb and flow, so too, do the fortunes of life. Footprints in the sand
are washed away, driftwood moves on its endless quest for a peaceful harbour.
Only a deep and abiding love can withstand the tides of change in two lives, your
life shall be enduring and profound and we have gathered here to witness this
love and the vows and commitment you are making today.
The Wonders of Today
gan/by Larry Chengges
If you can always be as close
and happy as today,
yet be secure enough to grow
and change along the way---If you can keep for you alone
your love as man and wife
yet find the time to share your joy
with others in your life--If you can be as one,
and walk through marriage
hand in hand
yet still support the goals and dreams
that each of you have planned--If you dare to always go
your separate ways together
then all the wonders of today
will stay with you forever.
Do Things for Each Other
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Do things for each other, not because of duty or sacrifice but in the spirit of joy,
Speak words of appreciation and demonstrate gratitude in thoughtful ways.
Do not look for perfection in each other.
Cultivate flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour.
Have the capacity to forgive and forget.
Give each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
Search together for the good and the beautiful.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
The Four Seasons
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
There was a man, who had four sons,
He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things so quickly,
So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a Pear Tree that was
a great distance away.
The first son went in winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer and
the youngest in the fall.
When they had gone and returned, he called them all together to describe what
they had seen,
The first son said that the tree was bent and twisted,
The second son said it was covered with green buds and full of promise,
The third son disagreed: he said it was laden with blossom that smelled so sweet
and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen,
The last son said he disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping
with fruit, full of life and fulfilment,
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right because they has
each seen only one season in the trees life,
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season.
That the essence of who they are, and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from
life can only be measured at the end when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when its winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the
beauty of your summer and the fulfilment of you fall,
Today is a very important part in the seasons of your lives together
So may the love you have for each other and your marriage today be just the
beginning....
A Lovely Love Story
gan/by by Edward Monkton
The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice.
Although it was cold, he was happy in there, it was, after all, his cage.
Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur’s Cage with kind words and
loving thoughts.
I like this Dinosaur thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny.
He is also quite clever, though I will not tell him this for now.
I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur.
She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice.
She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a Dinosaur.
But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other
Dinosaur
He also overly fond of things
Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things?
But her mind skips from here to there so quickly thought the Dinosaur.
She is also uncommonly keen on shopping.
Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping?
I will forgive his peculiarity and his concerns for things, thought the Lovely Other
Dinosaur, for they are part of what makes him a richly charactered individual.
I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping, thought the
Dinosaur,
For she fills our life with beautiful thoughts and wonderful surprises. Besides, I
am not unkeen on shopping either.
Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are old.
Look at them.
Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth
of the sun on their backs.
And that, my friends, is how it is with love.
Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together.
For the sun is warm
And the world is a beautiful place.
Cariadon
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Gwelais holl ffresni’r Gwanwyn
Ar droedfedd o gynfas sgwar;Arno roedd coed yn deilio
Ac egin yn glasu’r ar.
Ac yno yn ifanc, roedd mab a mun,
A’r gair “cariadon” o dan y llun.
Gwelais ar gynfas arall
Yr union olygfa’n grwn,
Ond llwyd oedd y tir lle bu’r egin
A chrin oedd y dail yn hwn.
Hen oedd y ddeuddyn oedd yno ynghyd
A thanynt y geiriau “cariadon o hyd”.
Preseli
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Mur fy mebyd, Foel Drigarn, Carn Gyfrwy, Tal Mynydd,
Wrth fy nghefn ym mhob annibyniaeth barn.
A’m llawr o’r Witwg I’r Wern ac i lawr i’r Efail
Lle tasgodd y gwreichion sydd yn hyn na harn.
Ac ar glosydd, ar aelwydydd fy mhoblHil y gwynt a’r glaw a’r niwl a’r gelaets a’r grug,
Yn ymgodymu a daear ac wybren ac yn cario
Ac yn estyn yr haul i’r pant, o’u plyg.
Cof ac arwydd, medel ar lethr eu cymydog,
Pedair gwanaf o’r ceirch yn cwimpo i’w cais,
Ac un cwrs cyflym, ac wrth laesu eu cefnau
Chwarddiad cawraidd i’r cwmwl, un llef pedwar llais.
Fy Nghymru, a bro brawdoliaeth, fy nghri, fy nghrefydd,
Unig falm i fyd, ei chenhadaeth, ei her,
Perl yr anfeidrol awr yn wystl gan amser,
Gobaith yr yrfa faith ar y drofa fer.
Hon oedd fy ffenestr, y cynaeafu a’r cneifio.
Mi welais drefn yn fy mhalas draw.
Mae rhu, mae rhaib drwy’r fforest ddiffenestr.
Cadwn y mur rhag y bwystfil, cadwn y ffynnon rhag y baw.
Priodi
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
I’r cariadon ffyddlonaf, mae’r addo
mor hawdd ag un sillaf,
am mai y gair bach mwyaf
yn ein hiaith yw’r gair bach ‘Gwnaf’.
Cariad
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Treulio oes yng nghwmni’i’ gilydd
Yw dymuniad mab a merch,
Ac fe’u gwelir yma heddiw
Yn rhoi sêl ar gwlwm serch.
Felly, tystion ydym ninnau
Wrth dy ochor yn gytun,
Gyda modrwy euraid newydd,
Bywyd dau yn mynd yn un.
Cariad dau yn gwynias losgi’
Gweld yfor’n gwawrio draw;
Heb un cwmwl dros yr wybren
Wrth gydgerdded law yn llaw;
Boed i’r ddolen gydiol yma
Fynd yn dynnach drwy eu hoes;
Newydd bennod a ‘sgrifennwyd
Am bywyd hapus a hir oes.
Mi Gerddaf Gyda thi
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Mi gerddaf gyda thi dros lwybrau maith,
A blodau, cȃn a breuddwyd ar ein taith;
I’th lygaid syllaf i a dal dy law:
Mi gerddaf gyda thi, beth bynnag ddaw.
Mi gerddaf gyda thi pan fydd y lloer
Fel llusern yn y nen ar noson oer.
Addawaf i ti ‘nghalon i yn llwyr:
Mi gerddaf gyda thi drwy oriau’r hwyr.
Mi gerddaf gyda thi drwy weddill f’oes,
Pan fydd yr haul ar fryn neu’r dyddiau’n groes;
A phan ddaw’r alwad draw, pwy wyr pa awr,
Mi gerddaf gyda thi i’r freuddwyd fawr.
The Art of a Good Marriage (Welsh Translation)
gan/by Wilfred Arlan Peterson
Rhywbeth i’w greu yw priodas dda,
Mewn priodas y pethau bach sy’n bwysig,
Dydych chi byth yn rhy hen i afael yn nwylio’ch gilydd
Cofiwch ddweud “Rwy’n dy garu di” o leia unwaith bob dydd.
Peidwch byth a mynd i gysgu’n flin.
Rhannwch eich gwerthoedd a’ch gobeithion.
Sefwch gyda’ch gilydd i wynebu’r byd
Crewch gylch o gariad sy’n cwmpasu’r teulu i gyd.
Mynegwch eich gwerthfawrogiad a dangoswch ein diolchgarwch
Ceissiwch faddau ac anghofio
Chwiliwch gyda’ch gilydd am popeth sy’n hardd ac yn dda
Ac wrth i chi briodi’ch cariad rhaid i chwithau fod yn gariad hefyd
Priodas
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
Boed i chwi egni newydd
Liw dydd yng ngwres yr haul
A thyner wawl y lleuad
Liw nos i fwrw’r draul,
A golched cynnes gawod law
I ffwrdd eich gofid a phob braw
Chwythed awelon ysgafn
I adnewyddu’ch nerth
Ac na foed i chwi llithro
Lle byddo’r llwybrau’n serth
Boed i chwi’n ysgafn droedio’r byd
Gan roi i’r daear barch o hyd.
Corwynt na thywydd garw
Eich taro mwy ni all
Tra bo’ch yng nghwmni’ch gilydd
Yn gysgod nail i’r llall,
A phan fo llwydrew’n cwympo’r mes
Fe fydd y nail i’r llall yn wres
Dwy galom un dyhead,
Dau dafod ond un iaith,
Dwy raff yn cydio’n ddolen,
Dau enaid ond un daith
Fe fydd cwmniaeth yn parhau,
Ni does unigrwydd lle bo dau
Rhagoch i’ch pabell bellach
I gadw tȃn ynghynn,
Y drws i bawb ar agor
A’r holl linynnau’n dynn.
Doed eich breuddwydion oll yn wir,
Boed fyr eich llid a’ch cof yn hir
Cariad
gan/by Grahame Davies
Peth rhyfedd yw bod yn garedig:
peth rhyfedd yw body n haelmwya i gyd o gariad ti’n roi,
mwya i gyd ti’n gael
Mae’n groes i holl reolau ffiseg
Mae’n drysu deddfau’r bydWaeth faint o gariad a roddi di,
Cei fwyi’w roi o hyd.
Mae’n cynyddu o gael ei afradu
Mae’n tyfu o’i wario’n rhydd,
A mwya i gyd ti’n talu mas,
Mwya ohona sydd.
An Apache Wedding (Welsh Translation)
gan Anhysbys / by Anon
ed i belydrau’r haul eich nerthu trwy’r dydd
Boed i’r lloer eich iachau trwy’r nos
Boed i’r glaw olchi ymaith eich gofidiau a
Boed i’r awel dyner atgyfnerthu gwreiddyn eich bod,
A boed i chi gerdded yn ddedwydd drwy’r byd
Gan adnabod ei brydferthwch.
Nawr, ni fyddwch yn oer
Gan y byddwch yn gynhesrwydd i’ch gilydd.
Nawr, ni fydd y glaw yn mennu arnoch
Gan y byddwch yn gysgod i’ch gilydd.
Nawr ni fyddwch yn unig,
Gan eich bod bellach yn ddau sydd yn un.
Boed i chi gamu gyda’ch gilydd i gartref y galon
A boed i’ch dyddiau fod yn ddaionus a’ch oes yn hirfaith