R. Williams Parry
Wales 1937
Arise, take up your bed and walk, O Wind,
Or else fly through the heavens wailing and empty-handed;
Create fretfulness throughout the world on your way—
No monarch's troops or governor's guard will restrain you;
Humanise once more the flesh that has been turned to steel,
Baptise the griefless with your tears, and rechristen the wise;
Give the lukewarm behind his wall an hour of madness,
Make the earth beneath Philistia's strong concrete quake:
Or with the strains of your disturbing violin
Teach the blameless repentance, and teach him hope;
Touch the self-sufficient through his couch's cushion,
And give the tough materialist a shudder of despair:
From Llanfair ar y Bryn or Llanfair Mathafarn
Blow him to the synagogue or blow him to the tavern.
Welsh; trans. Joseph P. Clancy
R. Williams Parry, Welsh, trans. Joseph P. Clancy.