BY DANIEL JAMES
I don’t ask for a luxurious life,
world’s gold or its fine pearls,
I ask for a happy heart,
an honest heart, a pure heart.
A pure heart full of goodness
Is fairer than the pretty lily,
None but a pure heart can sing,
Sing in the day and sing in the night.
If I wished for worldly wealth,
It would swiftly go to seed;
The riches of a virtuous, pure heart
Will bear eternal profit.
Evening and morning, my wish
Rising to heaven on the wing of song
For God, the sake of my Saviour,
To give me a pure heart.
Title means A Pure Heart and is the anthem of the Welsh rugby union as well as the Welsh football team. It is rarely sung in English.
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