A minority perhaps
But proud to be so
Cymru am byth
Until the world ends
When I see the dragon
My heart lifts
I am Welsh
And damn proud of it
Most beautiful country
To live in forever
This is Wales
It is me
It rains a lot
And it's pretty cool
Wales is beautiful
Neither wet nor cold for me
I don't live there
But I really want to
Wales is home
It feels good to return every summer
I may live more southern
And grew up there
Wales is far away
And yet it feels right
I'm not made
To live in a 40° summer
Wales is refuge
From this terrible heat
Whether green hills
Or wonderful beaches
Wales has everything
To make life worth living
I am home
And I will return to those green hills someday
Cymru am byth
Until the world ends
Author notes
It's a pity when the British are referred to as "English". There are Welsh, Scots and Irish around, too, you know!
Oh yeah, "Cymru am byth" means "Wales forever"!!!
Written September 12th, 2006
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Hey i love Wales i loved this poem lol
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Welsh is such a lovely language. I wish American schools took foreign language seriously.
Wales is a beautiful place, from what I've seen. I would love to study abroad in the UK just so I could travel around the country. Maybe some day. Gorgeous poem, anyway. It's a fitting tribute to Wales. -
Excellent!
WOW!!! I loved it...really nice...I liked the spirit with which u wrote this poem...and ur pride in ur country...Wonderful write...keep writing...love, shuvi -
that good to love what you are because its u. Woderful write yet I wanted to hear orignal metaphors or similies in this peice im my opinion yet the emotons and the message was clear. You express indeed good.
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I'm sorry I didn't quite convey my thoughts: I meant that many foreigners talk about "England" when they mean "UK". That's what annoys me so much. And I certainly agree that the "GB" should be changed to "UK".
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My Welsh isn't that good either, I'm still in the learning phase of it. Thanks for all the nice comments!!
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beautiful
every land is beautiful if there is freedom! -
dwin hoffin fy poem, dwin enw stacey sorry lol i was born in mochdre colwynbay, i so miss everything your poem expresses as i know live in st helens it is compeltely differnt.
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oh this is a very sweet poem. you speak of your
love which just happens to be Wales. and you
describe it very well. the only thing that threw
me for a second was the use of 40 degrees until I
realized you meant celcius. because in farenheit
40 is cold. thank you for sharing your love of
Wales with us. -
rydw i yn meddwl bod hwn yn cerdd dda iawn!
bendigedig!
ardderchog!
umm
pert iawn!
llongefyrchiadau am ysgrifenu e!
hehe, i hope my welsh is understandable.. i'm not very good at writing in welsh
hwyl fawr ffrind! -
You said...."It's a pity when the British are referred to as "English". There are Welsh, Scots and Irish around, too, you know!"
I think you got that the wrong way round! "British" includes the other 'nationalities'/regional identities. It does NOT include "Irish" by the way (only "Northern Irish", but even many Northern Irishmen call themselves "Irish").
The main problem lies with the Americans who use "British" wrongly in their ignorance.
It's not helped by the UK authorities who do nothing to avoid confusion. For example, the UK car registration letters are GB not UK.
For the record and to help your readers...
United Kingdom: this includes England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Island, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (although the CI and the IoM are direct possessions of the Crown and not included within the European Union!)
Great Britain: England, Wales and Scotland only.
"British nationality" - all UK, plus certain other colonies, ex-colonies (Gibraltar, Falklands, St Helena etc.)
Edited on Sep 17, 7:52 because 'typos'. -
Then long live Wales my dear. loved your words your description, your love and yearning painted in your supurb choice of words.
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Bravo!
A fine poem! Bravo! -
"Cymru am byth" means "Wales for ever". *g*
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It is wonderful how you described it....but what means "Cymru am byth
?...I ♥ this poem...good work 
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