A cry from the sea arises above the ramparts; even to heaven does its ascend,—after the fierce excess comes the long cessation!
A cry from the sea ascends above the ramparts; even to heaven does the supplication come!—after the excess there ensues restraint!
A cry from the sea awakens me this night!—
A cry from the sea arises above the winds!
A cry from the sea impels me from my place of rest this night!
After excess comes the far extending death!"
—or as the saying of Heinin Vardd, preserved in the fragment,—
"Hast thou heard the saying of Heinin,
The Bard of the college of Llanveithan?
The brave is never cruel."