"Ymaelodi" doesn't mean "banished", it means "to join". "Ymylon" does mean "peripheries", or "edge", or "fringe". I'd say a better translation of the title would be "Joining the fringe" (obviously it loses a lot in translation).
I've always thought the song is about how SFA have joined the fringes of the Welsh language music scene. The song is taken from their album 'Mwng' which was their first Welsh language full album since they made it big outside Wales.
I think it's about, because they chose to sing in English, they feel like outcasts in their home country. It may explain why they chose to release a Welsh language album which held little hope of making that much money. I think 'Mwng' is their most consistent record and if these songs had been released with English lyrics it could have been their most commercially successful.
"Ymaelodi" doesn't mean "banished", it means "to join". "Ymylon" does mean "peripheries", or "edge", or "fringe". I'd say a better translation of the title would be "Joining the fringe" (obviously it loses a lot in translation).
I've always thought the song is about how SFA have joined the fringes of the Welsh language music scene. The song is taken from their album 'Mwng' which was their first Welsh language full album since they made it big outside Wales.
I think it's about, because they chose to sing in English, they feel like outcasts in their home country. It may explain why they chose to release a Welsh language album which held little hope of making that much money. I think 'Mwng' is their most consistent record and if these songs had been released with English lyrics it could have been their most commercially successful.