Ar Hyd Y Nos Ar Hyd Y Nos is one of the most widely known and best loved Welsh folk songs. The tune was first recorded in the Musical Relics Of The Welsh Bards (c. 1784). The Welsh words are by the prolific poet John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887). Nol I Dudalen Gartref Caneuon Back To The Songs Home Page		Holl amrantau'r sêr ddywedant   Ar hyd y nos.   Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant   Ar hyd y nos.   Golau arall yw tywyllwch,   I arddangos gwir brydferthwch,   Teulu'r nefoedd mewn tawelwch   Ar hyd y nos. O mor siriol gwena seren Ar hyd y nos, I oleuo'i chwaer ddaearen Ar hyd y nos, Nos yw henaint pan ddaw cystudd, Ond i harddu dyn a'i hwyrddydd Rhown ein golau gwan i'n gilydd Ar hyd y nos.
All Through The Night In English, this song is often set as a lullabye to words by Harold Boulton. These words can be found in many songbooks. The words on the right are a more literal translation of the Welsh.		All the star's eyelids say, All through the night, "This is the way to the valley of glory," All through the night. Any other light is darkness, To exhibit true beauty, The Heavenly family in peace, All through the night. O how cheerful smiles the star, All through the night, To light its earthly sister, All through the night. Old age is night when affliction comes, But to beautify man in his late days, We'll put our weak light together, All through the night.
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