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On this day in #Wales in games, #Halo3: ODST was released 17 years ago on 22nd September 2009 in Europe. A song with #Welsh lyrics was crafted exclusively for a promotional commercial for the release of this game on Xbox 360. walesingames.com/game/halo-3-...

#Welsh author Peter Freeman wrote the lyrics and Kathy Fisher vocalised the song, which tied in with the #Halo franchise's themes. References were made to the Welsh Otherworld of Annwn, and the cheating of “dihenydd” – a Welsh term for “death”.

The #Welsh lyrics are as follows: Gafflwn Dihenydd o’r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd, Ni fydd neb yn ein drechu, Falch ydy ni i drochu, Traed o flaen i’r Annwn mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni.

The English translation is as follows: We cheat Death from his rightful victory, No one can defeat us, We are glad to plunge feet first into Annwn in the knowledge that we will rise.