Tudor Rickards’ Calon Lan by GM Jon

I don’t want a life of leisure Or of fame for all to see I will gladly give up pleasure If my heart is trouble free You can keep the time to idle And the joys of luxury Or the fame of a rock idol If your heart has purity A heart that’s full of kindness Shining out for all to see Beats the numbness of the mindless With its love and empathy All the worldly gold and fashions Have no great appeal for me Or the violence of its passions If my heart is pure and free None but a pure heart can fling For joy at morning’s breaking light A song that makes the valleys sing And find some peace at darkening night. I sometimes wish for kinds of gold And all the things that gold can bring Until that thinking, leaves me cold And then my heart begins to sing Evening and morning hear my verses From my heart and up to thee And overcome my worst reverses As your love has set me free