The poem has nevertheless remained very popular with translators and it continues to appear in anthologies, including Thomas Parry's own Oxford Book of Welsh Verse.
The grave is ready for him in Gwynedd, where the cuckoo will chant Masses for his soul, sounding like an organ, a visitation of love in the summer months.
"The Poet's Burial for Love" survives in 11 manuscripts,[5] a comparatively small number for a poem attributed to Dafydd ap Gwilym.
[8] Parry also considered that it had a less elaborate style than Dafydd's authentic works, indicating a more recent date; he assigned it to the 15th century without suggesting any alternative author.
[11] This poem was set to music by the composer David Vaughan Thomas as part of his song-cycle Saith o ganeuon ar gywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym ac eraill.