Gwlad all over!
This picture could actually depict the dejection in modern youth. I happen to know that the item he is playing with betwen his legs is an Apple iphone 4S. Things can't be that bad. Then again this generation has a different materialistic outlook on life.
The word "gwlad" is Welsh and literally translates as "country", as in the Welsh National Anthem:-
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
(Pennill Cyntaf - First stanza)
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
(Cytgan - Chorus)
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.
The land of my fathers is dear unto me,
Old land where the minstrels are honoured and free:
Its warring defenders, so gallant and brave,
For freedom their life's blood they gave.
Land!, Land!, True I am to my land!
While seas secure,
this land so pure,
o may our old language endure.
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