Mythology & Folklore
Hu Gadarn
Translated by George Borrow (Welsh Poems and Ballads, 1915) · From Welsh Poems and Ballads (1915)
Mythology & Folklore
The Mighty Hu who lives for ever,
Of mead and wine to men the giver,
The emperor of land and sea,
And of all things that living be,
Did hold a plough with his good hand,
Soon as the Deluge left the land,
To show to men both strong and weak,
The haughty-hearted and the meek,
Of all the arts the heaven below
The noblest is to guide the plough.
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From "Wild Wales".
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Goch, Iolo. “Hu Gadarn.” Translated by George Borrow. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/iolo-goch/6/.
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Goch, Iolo. “Hu Gadarn.” Translated by George Borrow. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/iolo-goch/6/.
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