paradise lost
Gwynfa [GWƏN-va] = Paradise (gwyn = white/blessed, -fa = place) white place, fair place, blessed place, dear place, paradise, heaven
“Gwynfa yw enw’r byngalo sinc a fi yw’r perchennog. Credir i’r byngalo gael ei godi ddechrau’r ganrif ddiwethaf. Mae wedi bod yn eiddo i’r teulu ers cenedlaethau. Roedd mam-gu a’i brawd yn byw yno pan oeddwn yn blentyn. Bu mam-gu farw yn 1965. Ychwanegwyd cegin ac ystafell ymolchi a garej i’r eiddo a bu fy mam yn rhentu’r byngalo i ymwelwyr dros yr haf tan iddi farw yn 1988. Ers hynny, ar wahân i gyfnod byr, mae’r byngalo wedi bod yn wag.”
“The zinc bungalow is called Gwynfa and I am the owner. The bungalow is believed to have been built at the beginning of the last century. It has been in the family for generations. My grandmother and her brother lived there when I was a child. Grandma died in 1965. A kitchen and bathroom and a garage were added to the property and my mother rented the bungalow to visitors over the summer until she died in 1988. Since then, apart from a short period, the bungalow has been empty.”