Ar Vritoned 'ba Inis Breizh


Wardro tri-c'hant bloaz araog ar C'hrist
Darn vras hon tud kozh oa chom barzh'inis Breizh

'Lodennig all 'oa an Arvoriz
O chom dija 'barzh an Arvorig

Hanterkant bloaz araog ar C'hrist
Zo bet aloubet ga' 'r Romaned

An Arvoriz 'so bet tost romanizet
Inis Breizh-veur 'so bet levezonet

Levezonet kre?v eo bet ga'Roma
Met chomet keltieg peurvuia?
Warlec'h bet tamm pe damm romanizet
Ar Vritoned 'so bet kristianizet

Met an Ilis geltieg 'oa un tamm ispisial
Un tamm Drouiziezh a oa mesket e-barzh

In Britain in the year 300 BC
Lived most of the people of Breton ancestry

But a small number had travelled far
Across the Channel to Armorica

In the year 50 BC
Armorica became Roman territory

A century later, Britain too
To Rome began to pay her due

Armorica was under Roman sway
But the Britons kept more of their own way

While Roman rule appeared to win
The Britons stayed Celts beneath the skin

When Romanisation of Britain was done
The Christian missionaries followed on

But the Celtic Christian Lore
Had links with the Druids who went before







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