Twenty Thousand Saints

"Throughout his life, the archaeologist, Deian, has been excavating different sites on the island, pretending to look for remnants of saints, while really hoping to find the remains of his mother, whose mysterious disappearance has never been solved. In the same way, many of the other characters are forced to 'excavate' themselves and their past, to peel away the layers and to see what is really there. It's also a metaphor for Welsh identity – the incessant digging that the Welsh are engaged in, longing for their past to explain their present. I also like the idea that the earth has its own secrets and that archaeologists spend their entire lives trying to uncover them – the earth knows what has gone before, and is much more knowledgable than the people who traipse around on top of it. But the metaphor is double-edged – the earth can't explain everything – and one needs to find a way to live life in the present, to tread ground that is new and untouched, to find a Welsh identity that looks to the future."

http://www.alcemi.eu/alc-book-twenty-thousand-saints.php

Fflur and Brigyn on Wedi 7, S4C

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Fflur Dafydd - Ar ol Heddiw

Ar ol Heddiw



Ti’n byw yn fy meddwl fel angel mawr dryslyd



Yn glyd yn fy nghof ti fel atgof mawr chwyslyd

Mor iach, a ma ‘mhen i’n rhy fach



Ti’n hyn na’r bydysawd a’r byd ar dy ben di

Dwi’n barod amdanat dwi ar blat er dy fwyn di

Ond na, ma dy feddwl rhy lân

Ma dy galon yn nhaerni’r tân



Fyddai ddim dy ishe di ar ôl heddi

Ond ma heddi’n mynd i bara am byth

A tra ti mor gysglyd a dwi mor gymysglyd

Fydd ‘na ddeunydd da fan hyn

Fyddai ddim dy ishe di ar ôl heno

Ond ma’ heno’n mynd i bara am byth

A tra ti mor gysglyd a dwi mor gymysglyd

Fydd ‘na ddeunydd da fan hyn



Dwi’n cloddio bob diwrnod er mwyn gweld dy galon

Ma’r sgerbwd yn codi, a’r pridd bach mor fodlon

Ond hei, haws dweud na gwneud



Ma hanes yn rhwbeth sy’n hawdd neud i fyny

Ac ma’n un i yn orlawn o’r holl beth felly

Ond ti, wyt ti’n stori wir, mae dy galon yn nhaerni’n tân





http://www.fflurdafydd.com/english/e-arolheddi.html