Drygioni
Super Furry Animals


Language
Welsh

Physical Availability
Mwng box set

Links of interest
Super Furry Animals - Mwng (pronounced mane) went on to become the highest selling Welsh language album
The BBC wants you to learn Welsh
Welsh Language Board - Bwrdd yr iaith cymraeg
The world's longest town name - that's fifty-eight letters.

Background
From their website: "Drygioni is a song about sleaze. Its about good versus evil, and a person’s need for both. One verse is about badness and one is about goodness." On translation: "To translate songs is a bastard. That's why we never record English versions of our welsh songs & vice versa. Often when songwriting I will use a word for it's rhyming value over it's poetic logic. In translation these rhymes are usually lost. Replaced by an awkward gaggle of uncomplimentary words. Therefore instead of going for a literal translation I have attempted wherever possible to present the lyrics in a dumb and humble way. Some however will inevitably sound pony! So go ahead, burn all your linguaphone tapes and enjoy the stereo bi lingual experience that is 'MWNG' - Gruff Rhys 2000."



Lyrics

Drygioni Wedi blino ar yr hen ddrygioni Wedi laru ar yr hen ddrygioni Nawr mae'r amser wedi dod i ddatglnoli Mae'n rhaid cael: Daioni Dwi wedi cael fy hen siomi Ar yr ochr orau o ddaioni Nawr mae'r amser wedi dod i ddatganoli Mae'n rhaid cael: Drygioni Dwi wedi cael fy hen siomi Ar yr ochr orau o ddrygioni Nawr mae'r amser wedi dod i ddatganoli Rhaid cynilo a chyd-dynnu A chlustfeinio a chael babis Iddynt gael: Drygioni O ho ho ho....

Bad drugness I'm so tired of that old drug badness Sick and tired of that old bad drugness Now the time is so devolutionary We must have Good goodness Dissapointment in it would be fruitless Whilst I'm so high up on that ol' good goodness now the time is so devolutionary We must have Some badness Dissapointment in it would be fruitless Whilst I'm so high up on that Oh! so badness now the time is so devolutionary We must save up and be friendly And be aware and have babies Who will love Bad drugness O ho ho ho ...

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