As beautiful to read as it is to hear this not-so-quiet dialect of a sunny corner of Benfro. Eisteddfod 2026 at Llantwd was full of it. Familiar yet somehow foreign to a gog as it might be to a non-Cymro. Yma o hyd as we might say.
The sign is written in a poetic form of the distinct local Pembrokeshire dialect (specifically from the north of the county, an area traditionally referred to as the home of the “Wes Wes” people due to how they say the word oes / “yes”).
The text is a welcoming rhyming couplet written by the famous Welsh poet Ceri Wyn Jones to celebrate the Eisteddfod being hosted in the hamlet of Llantwd. More or less translates*:
“Do you want to come to Llantwd,
To celebrate every festival?
Yes indeed, friend!”
Glei is a wonderfully hyper-local Pembrokeshire idiom that acts as strong affirmative confirmation (“indeed” or “certainly”).
Gwd is a local affectionate slang term for a friend, comparable to “lad,” or “mate,”
Interestingly, on the A487 somewhere near Cardigan was a handwritten sign which read “Wês Whant Peint?” with an arrow pointing to a pub up a lane. That and the sign above made my day.
*certainty of translation = 94%