A traditional Welsh folk song, to a tune first recorded inEdward Jones’s Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). An English translation is as follows:
All the stars' twinkles say
All through the night
“This is the way to the realm of glory,”
All through the night.
Darkness is another...
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.
Ar Hyd y Nos was written by Traditional.
Traditional-transcriptions released Ar Hyd y Nos on Thu Jan 01 1784.