Neur dderyw ym, gerddrym gâr,
Bengamu heb un gynnar.
"I followed musicians, merry fellows. Now I live solitary, sleep alone." -- trans. Paul Merchant
Dafydd ap Gwilym
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In the meantime, for some great information on Dafydd, see www.dafyddapgwilym.net.
Even in a century whose great literary figures include Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer, the Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym holds his own.
Further Reading
In the meantime, for some great information on Dafydd, see www.dafyddapgwilym.net.
Even in a century whose great literary figures include Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer, the Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym holds his own.
Further Reading
- Rachel Bromwich, Tradition and Innovation in the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym (University of Wales Press, 1967)
- Morgan T. Davies, "Dafydd ap Gwilym and the Shadow of Colonialism," in Medieval Celtic Literature and Society, ed. Helen Fulton (Four Courts Press, 2005)
- Helen Fulton, Dafydd ap Gwilym and the European Context (University of Wales Press, 1989)