The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking
The wind (harp) through it playing has language for me
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking
A host of kind faces is gazing on me
The friends of my childhood again are before me
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam
With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me
The ash grove, the ash grove again (alone) is my home
My laughter is over, my step loses lightness
Old countryside measures steal soft on my ear
I only remember the past and its brightness
The dear ones I mourn (long) for again gather here
From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me
And wistfully searching the leafy green dome
I find other faces fond bending to greet me
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home
My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness
No dream of my future my spirit can cheer
I only can brood on the past and its brightness
The dead I have mourned are again living here
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome
And others are there looking downward to greet me
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home
Other version
Yn Nyffryn Llwyn Onn draw mi welais hardd feinwen
A minnau'n hamddena 'rol byw ar y don
Gwyn ewyn y lli oedd ei gwisg, a disgleirwen
A'r glasfor oedd llygaid Gwen harddaf Llwyn Onn
A ninnau'n rhodiana drwy'r lonydd I'r banna
Sibrydem I'n gilydd gyfrinach byd serch
A phan ddaeth hi'n adeg ffarwelio a'r wiwdeg
Roedd tannau fy nghalon yng ngofal y ferch
(Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander
When twighlight is fading I pensively rove
Or at the bright moontide in solitude wander
Amid the dark shades of the lonely Ash Grove
'Twas there, while the blackbird was cheerfully singing
I first met that dear one the joy of my heart
Around us for gladness the bluebells were ringing
Ah! then little thought I how soon we should part)
Cyn dychwel I borthladd wynebwn y tonnau
Ond hyfryd yw'r hafan 'rol dicter y don
Bydd melys anghofio her greulon y creigiau
Un felly o'wn innau 'rol cyrraedd Llwyn Onn
A thawel mordwyo wnaf mwyach a Gwenno
Yn llong fach ein bwthyn a hi wrth y llyw
A hon fydd your hafan ddiogel a chryno
I'r morwr a'I Wenno tra byddwn ni byw
Still glows the bright sunshine o'er valley and mountain
Still warbles the blackbird its note from the tree
Still trembles the moonbeam on streamlet and fountain
But what are the beauties of Nature to me?
With sorrow, deep sorrow, my bosom is laden
All day I go mourning in search of my love
Ye echoes! oh tell me, where is the sweet maiden?
"She sleeps 'neath the green turf down by the Ash Grove"
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