An amzer gozh keltiek I
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En amzer goloet gant an deƱvalijenn,
āBarzh an amzer gozh-gozh, āraok an amzer gristen,
Ken kozh, ken eo kollet diouti an eƱvor,
Moarvat nebeut amzer goude dicāhlann ar mor ;
Gouenn veur ar Cāheltied, savet ābarzh an Azi,
āZiskennas dāan Europ da glask douar ha ti.
Ganet ān ur vro e-lecāh e oa cāhoazh an doare
Deus an tadoĆ¹ kentaƱ, kelennet gant Doue,
Noe hag Abracāham, hag an holl dadoĆ¹ bras,
War ar menezioĆ¹ secāh, e-kreiz ar cāhoadoĆ¹ glas,
Dre-holl ar Cāheltied, e-lecāh e tremenent,
En enor da Zoue a save mein divent.
Ar sklĆŖrijenn gentaƱ zo bet gante skuilhet
War an douaroĆ¹ gouez hep reizh hag hep oaled.
āBarzh an amzer gozh-gozh, āraok an amzer gristen,
Ken kozh, ken eo kollet diouti an eƱvor,
Moarvat nebeut amzer goude dicāhlann ar mor ;
Gouenn veur ar Cāheltied, savet ābarzh an Azi,
āZiskennas dāan Europ da glask douar ha ti.
Ganet ān ur vro e-lecāh e oa cāhoazh an doare
Deus an tadoĆ¹ kentaƱ, kelennet gant Doue,
Noe hag Abracāham, hag an holl dadoĆ¹ bras,
War ar menezioĆ¹ secāh, e-kreiz ar cāhoadoĆ¹ glas,
Dre-holl ar Cāheltied, e-lecāh e tremenent,
En enor da Zoue a save mein divent.
Ar sklĆŖrijenn gentaƱ zo bet gante skuilhet
War an douaroĆ¹ gouez hep reizh hag hep oaled.
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