was not written according to the rules of Cynghanedd. Cynan also adjudicated many times at the National Eisteddfod. Honours Cynan was awarded the honorary degree of D.Litt by the University of Wales in 1961. He was awarded the freedom of the borough of Pwllheli in 1963. He was appointed CBE in 1949, and elevated to Knight Bachelor in 1969. Marriage Cynan was married twice: first, in 1921, to Ellen J. Jones of Pwllheli; they had one son and one daughter. Ellen died in 1962. In 1963, he married Menna Meirion Jones of Valley, Anglesey. Death and Burial Cynan died on 26 January 1970 and was buried in the yard of St Tysilio's Church, Menai Bridge, Church Island, Menai Strait, Anglesey. In translation Ballade by the War Memorial.(A Speech that would not be heard on Armistice Day). By Albert Evans-Jones. Translated by Alan Llwyd. From ghostly realms I come, a shade, On your dead sons' behalf, to see What honour, praise, or accolade: We would return to, not that we Would wish for your false eulogy. But what is this? – the old, old lie On stones to shame our memory: "For one's own land, it's sweet to die." When the wild heart of youth was made Tame by the clumsy artistry Of some rough blacksmith's bayonet blade Or the hot bullet's ecstasy, Or when the shells whined endlessly, And then became a colder cry, Would you still sing so joyously: "For one's own land, it's sweet to die? But it is sweet to be dismayed On seeing those whom we made free Through war grown wealthy, while, betrayed, My friends who fought for victory Now starve: I'd break these stones to be Bread for old comrades of days gone by While you still sing with so much glee: "For one's own land it's sweet to die." L'Envoi. Friend, in the colours of the O.T.C., One day you will remember why I challenged such hypocrisy: "For one's own land, it's sweet to die." Works PoetryTelyn y Nos (1921)Caniadau (1927) PlaysHywel Harris (1932) Hen Ŵr y Mynydd (Translation, 1949)Absalom Fy Mab (1957) NovelsFfarwel Weledig (1946) Further reading Bedwyr Lewis Jones, Cynan: y Llanc o Dref Bwllheli (1981). Darlith. Dafydd Owen, Cynan (1979) Llwyd, Alan, Out of the Fire of Hell; Welsh Experience of the Great War 1914–1918 in Prose and Verse'', Gomer Press, 2008. References 1895 births 1970 deaths People from Gwynedd