CALON LÂN / A PURE HEART Lyrics And Chords

(Traditional Welsh Hymn)Among others sung by Cerys Matthews and the Welsh male choir ‚Only Boys Aloud’ in the Britain’s Got Talent Talent 2012, the latter in a key of G-major.  Tin whistle sheet music included. This is one of the more popular Welsh folk songs on this site over the years.

Nid wy’n (C)gofyn (G)bywyd (C)moethus,
(F)Aur y (C)byd na’i (F)berlau (C)mâ(G)n:
Gofyn (C)wyf am (G)galon (C)ha(F)pus,
Calon (C)onest, (G)calon (C)lân.

Chorus
Calon (C)lân yn llawn daio(G)ni,
Tecach yw na’r lili (C)dlos:
Dim ond (F)calon (G)lân all (Am)ga(G)nu –
Canu’r (C)dydd a (G)chanu’r (C)nos.

G-C-G-C

Pe dy(C)munwn (G)olud (C)bydol,
(F)Chwim a(C)denydd (F)iddo (C)sy(G)dd;
Golud (C)calon (G)lân, rin(C)wed(F)dol,
Yn dwyn (C)bythol (G)elw (C)fydd.

Chorus + G-C-G-C

Hwyr a (C)bore (G)fy (C)nymuniad
(F)Esgyn (C)ar a(F)denydd (C)câ(G)n
Ar i (C)Dduw, er (G)mwyn fy (C)Nghei(F)dwad,
Roddi (C)i mi (G)galon (C)lân.
Chorus

English Translation

I don’t ask for a luxurious life,
the world’s gold or its fine pearls:
I ask for a happy heart,
an honest heart, a pure heart.

Chorus
A pure heart is full of goodness,
More lovely than the pretty lily:
Only a pure heart can sing -
Sing day and night.

If I wished worldly wealth,
He has a swift seed;
The riches of a virtuous, pure heart,
Will be a perpetual profit.

Late and early, my wish
Rises on the wing of song,
For God, for the sake of my Saviour,
To give me a pure heart.