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Dara dëlelys an n'elnag as gwarveean

 

Dara dëlelangvene rae as män reynkdara as ne baed an ëyrabe raeygaeyd ne kynedeyraga. As kravnedara an mad angaëyrabena kaeyndraga syd addara saeyelg vas naradeg an vere. N'aeläg, n'agasea, nag Vargael anëag ane medrakael naradavga; ne veyelk as nagela, ara eladeradeyne syd an aeleladeradave vere, as ebak veaweyelyr, ne sarder ebak Waelgëne, n'ëräk baem as rann, gear, nag Waga. Ra n'adër nag, negelas brae eladeradeyne deyneg da vas nëlagäey, adarakael, ar baeläbakael an ad aieael. An ry nake, nyra, gagakdak eladeradeyne syd an medrakael rarm eyndael ne neg as ne dwëlyr kynedeyra, aelss ry nek ebak eykne rag as raelnag wene kambaeg an asranad vere; n'eraga as ry nek ramnakga brageykeg an n'arg reyarder as ne dwëlrydas kynedeyra wene veraraeg.

 

Ad waeyelg ëm, dënerae, ad këldak naradavas eladeradeyne raelel awdadaelela garerned baddern, rar an anëlnag nag Waelga as earelagad eyrvavys naradave ded ane an brae. Ne nadeyne as ne baedak dragadara ëm da ave vene garerned amrag ne këld dä: vere waeans mänela, ar nad waelela, embeläeg rar ëlega nag ëyelaga.

 

Ad waeyelg ëm ad n'araganael menäng as kararwaggag syd nad daele, veyas radër dragadaräel elrae ar dragadaräel elearnys ad syd nekgasara rar akaedars da reynkdara. Ne derm adëlrkranekdeg edamael agakaelelars syd genaalegge, geyagnake, berkebdara nag ne kararwagg syd dë geyage, wëlel, anrarmeg bera, eberd.

 

Varäey kelasga agas elearneg myne waeyelg ave vene ryn gabrävele rar ne garerned abekd agas kararwaggag, ankeleygys n'elawaer, megakaner, nag varg. Ne vargak kararwaggag waeyelg ave vene drynamaddeg an vere rarm (bynaegarak vere, gynamak baedra), waele adër maderäel waeyelg ave vene drynamaddeg an as rarm as arael naradave. Aelaeyg araganaelela gae naradavga wene andnegeg da ve anrarmadave, dëa kame da ve vaeweg myrae nag myraenederdänmneas neke n'elader emnadak gevëlabmned as kararwaggag as maggele Wëls wëne adkammraela eyeg rar dara, naradave, nass kararwagg rar daradëleler. Ar waas mä ave ainëgad n'emnadak ry nage as ne warg kararwagg eyeg aeans reyä, eladerara derm vekame grageyaelela naraweg eyndael an ne neg ad waeans vardeyaelela kraraneg da raela rae, nag adelgaser rae, as ad aelger kranadadara.

 

Avys eamaneg n'evagneke asreneg va ne raeyr vrenakga, nass avys vraerela nag radër eyberakäelela grawn kambarara syd n'adër daelga as ne mavanagara karbey, saeyelg elake da argeye ad ne naradar avas vene gyneadela anreleynekeg va n'arael daradëlelys deknareyga as ne megaevael kararwaggäag. Vraer eyrvea as ne gada an ne Wëls raelk meyëym saweans adkräelagakael arger nag na aggadave daele ane karakderadak as arael daradëleler.

 

Gäelageye, dä, beläsvera ambardnad bard an dëar naradave, dagedër syd bëk marker. Gae ane readeyrga, as kaeyre, ad mynaars kaelar ave sawn da ve karakderadak as arael ded. Saeyelg aela elake da argeye ad ne megaevael Wëls naradar wene grawys radakk agas dragadaräel vervael baddern ar rarmeyela ad wene ramaelär da dëm, nag aas gae rarmeyela aela gerave ram na arael daele. Eyn nad da ä ad ne daeleeans wene kambaeg araelela, radër ad dëa ave vene anreleynekeg va ne daeladak meag as arael daradëleler.

 

Rachel Bromwich. 1974. “Traddodiad Llafar y Chwedlau”. Y Traddodiad Rhyddiaith yn yr Oesau Canol. Ed. by Geraint Bowen. Llandysul: Gomer. pp. 146-75.

 

Brynley F. Roberts. 1984. “From Traditional Tale to Literary Story: Middle Welsh Prose Narratives.” In The Craft of Fiction. Ed. by Leigh A. Arrathoon. Rochester: Solaris Press.