This is the original version of the poem Angar Cyfandawd (The Fog of Constrained Metre) from the the Llyfr Taliesin (Book of Taliesin). It is rendered as close as possible to the original using my font, Mabinogi Celtic which is free for anyone to download and install.

⮐ngar ﬌fan﬒a﬑

⮑r﬒ ﬌man ﬌ mae neu c﬉eint agan﬉o.
ane an ﬒arffo.
ſ﬌e﬒﬌﬒ ﬌n ﬌ uo.
﬉aelon am nacco.
n﬌ſ ﬒eu﬇ı arot﬉o.
r﬑﬌ ıeıt﬉ talıein.
﬇u ﬒﬌﬒ emellin.
ıan an ﬒arfu.
llıa﬑ſ ﬌ g﬌folu.
﬇﬌ lleıt﬉ ﬇ıt areıt﬉ auac﬒u.
neuſ ﬒uc ﬌n gelu﬌﬒.
﬌uren arg﬌﬌﬒.
⮙﬑ıa﬑n a lefer﬌﬒.
 ﬒﬑f﬌n ﬒﬌f﬌﬒.
g﬑naeı o ﬋ar﬑ ﬇﬌﬑.
ac ag﬉﬌foet﬉ ﬌﬑.
g﬑ne﬌nt eu eıron
a ﬋er﬌nt ﬉e﬇ tan.
g﬑ne﬌n eu ﬒elı﬒eu
﬌n oes oeſeu.
﬒﬌﬒﬑﬌t﬉ ﬒﬌﬒﬌cca﬑t.
o ﬒﬌f﬌ne﬒﬌﬒ ga﬑t.
eut angar ﬌f﬌n﬒a﬑t.
﬑﬌ ﬌c﬉﬌nefa﬑t.
﬌meint er﬒ ı﬑﬒a﬑t
a ﬒elıſ a﬑c﬉ afa﬑t.
﬌r na t﬉ret﬉﬑c﬉ traet﬉a﬑t.
llat uc﬉ ll﬌n llat﬉a﬑t.
enill﬌ac﬉ a﬑﬇
﬒﬌﬇﬌﬒af ﬌na gna﬑wt.
﬒﬑f﬌n ﬒﬌fu ﬌ gna﬑t.
neur ﬒o﬒﬌﬑ ﬌ſt﬌gna﬑t.
⮪﬌﬒﬌﬒ ar ﬌gnat.
⮪ı ﬋gein ml﬌ne﬒ ﬌t ot﬉eıs
ı la﬑ e﬒.
﬌n ﬒﬑f﬌r a﬑ a c﬉ıe﬒.
﬌n elu﬌﬒ tıroe﬒.
aneıſ am ﬒ıoe﬒.
ant rı﬉﬌﬒ o ﬒﬌noe﬒.
an ﬌﬑ ﬌﬒ aet﬉ant.
an ﬌﬑ ﬌d ﬒oet﬉ant.
an eılw﬌﬒ ﬌ gan.
c ef ae ﬒arogant.
lla﬒on ﬋erc﬉ lıant.
oe﬒ ﬇﬌c﬉an ﬌ c﬉ant
﬌ eur ac ar﬌ant.
﬈﬑﬌r ﬇﬌﬑ ae ﬒ıa﬒aſ
g﬑aet ﬍ ar ﬌naſ
o﬒ı raet﬉ato
ma﬑ mol﬉ato.
mit﬑﬌f alıein.
r﬌ ﬉﬌﬒af ﬌ ıa﬑n llin.
ara﬑t ﬉﬌t ffin
﬌g ﬌nel﬑ el﬉ın.
eur deır﬍g ﬉et
o rıf eur d﬌l﬌et.
an gaat n﬌ c﬉arat
anu﬒on a﬇a.
nu n﬌ c﬉en﬌c﬉ ﬋at
tr﬑﬌ gog﬌uecan g﬑a﬑t.
 gog﬌farc﬉﬑﬌ g﬑ı﬑t ﬇a﬑t
﬑t﬉﬌f n﬌ g﬑﬌﬇﬌﬒ ne﬇a﬑t.
⮔oet﬉ur ıf gelu﬌﬒.
﬒ıſ﬑﬌lla﬑t s﬌e﬒﬌﬒.
m ﬑﬌t﬉ an e﬒﬌﬑﬌t﬉
an ﬒oleu ﬒﬌ne﬒﬌﬒.
m g﬑﬌r g﬑a﬑t gelu﬌﬒.
er﬒﬑n ﬒u﬑ ﬌﬌﬒
r﬑﬌ ıeıtch tal﬉a﬍arn.
﬇de﬒﬌﬒ ﬇u ﬒﬌﬒ ﬋arn.
 ﬋arn﬑﬌s eıtchı
anger﬒ ﬋ar﬒oni.
f ae rın ro﬒eſ
aen ag﬉﬌mes.
Seıt﬉ ﬋gein gg﬌ruen
﬌﬌﬒ ﬌n aen.
﬑﬌t﬉ uvgein o o ﬋geın e u﬌﬒ ﬌n ﬋n.
﬌n ann﬑f﬌n ıs elu﬌﬒.
﬌n a﬌r ruc﬉ elu﬍﬒
﬌ mae ae g﬑﬌d-﬌﬒
﬌ ı triſtı ﬌ ﬌﬒
g﬑ell no lleen﬌﬒.
⮙og﬑n ﬒e﬒﬌f ra﬒eu
aen an ﬒effreu.
m gelu﬌﬒ taleu.
am ﬒e﬌﬒ ﬒ıeu.
am ﬇uc﬉e﬒ ara.
am oeeu ﬌ſcoua.
an ﬉aual te﬌rne﬒. ﬌ ﬉﬌t eu ﬌gara.
m g﬌﬉aual ﬌﬒﬌nt tr﬑﬌ er﬌t
ma﬑﬉﬌﬒ıc. ſ﬌﬌﬒ an ﬒﬌g﬌frenſıt
ael uc﬉el g﬌t.
an ﬋﬌﬒ go﬉o﬌﬑ ﬇﬌t
an ﬋﬌﬒ mo ﬉﬌fr﬌t.
an ﬌﬑ g﬑﬒ ec﬉en.
an ec﬉eu﬑﬌t uc﬉el.
neu ﬉eul an ﬒o﬒ır.
an ﬌﬑ oı ır.
oi tır ﬑﬌ meint.
an ﬌n﬉ıt g﬑﬌t﬉eint.
⮙﬑﬌t﬉eint an t﬌mnnit.
﬈an ﬌﬑ g﬑﬌r﬒ g﬑er﬌.
⮙﬑er﬌ an ﬌﬑ g﬑﬌r﬒.
PP﬑﬌ ec﬉enıſ ﬍r﬒.
﬌r﬒ ﬑﬌ ec﬉enis.
﬌ſtir ﬑﬌ ﬌ſt﬌r﬌﬑﬌s.
﬌ſt﬌r﬌﬑﬌t ﬌n ll﬌freu
et ﬌nt et ffreu.
et ffreu et ﬌nt.
et auon ﬌﬒ ﬌﬒ ﬌nt.
﬒a﬌ar ﬑﬌ ﬌ lle.
neu ﬑﬌ ﬌ t﬉e﬑﬉et.
gog﬑n tr﬑s llafna﬑
am ru﬒ am la﬑.
gog﬑n atrefna﬑
r﬑g nef a lla﬑.
an atſeın a﬒uant.
an erg﬌r ﬒ıuant.
an le﬌c﬉ ar﬌an.
an ﬋﬌﬒ ﬌﬌ll nant.
n﬒﬌l an ﬌﬑ ﬒u.
an ﬌﬑ creu a uu.
﬇uc﬉ an ﬌﬑ g0anna﬑c.
⮙﬑eıc an ﬌﬑ ſerc﬉a﬑c.
llaet﬉ an ﬌﬑ g﬑﬌n.
an ﬌﬑ glas el﬌n,
an ﬌﬑ ﬇arua﬑t m﬌n.
﬌n llıa﬑ſ me﬉﬌n.
an ﬌﬑ ﬇arua﬑t.
an ﬌﬑ eu ef﬑.
an ﬌﬑ me﬒﬑ col﬑﬌n.
an ﬌﬑ ﬉allt ﬉al﬑w﬌n.
⮒﬑﬑wff an ﬌﬑ ﬌ſtern.
an ﬌﬑ lletru﬒ g﬑ern.
an ﬌﬑ g﬑﬌r﬒ llınoſ.
an ﬌﬑ ru﬒ egroes.
neu reıc ae ﬒ioes.
an ﬒﬌g﬌nnu noſ.
﬌ ﬒ateır ﬌﬌﬒ ﬌n eur llıant.
n﬌ ﬑﬌r ne﬇ an ru﬒ır ﬌ ﬇on ﬉unan.
llı﬑ ﬌n cr﬌nan ne﬌﬒
ana﬉a﬑ ﬌﬒﬑﬌n.
⮪ant el﬌n ﬌g﬑﬌n.
coc ﬌ g﬑﬌n ﬌ gan.
﬌ geı﬒﬑ ﬌ ﬒ı﬒an.
﬌ ﬒﬌﬒﬑t gart﬉an
gereint ar arman.
PP﬌ ﬒﬌﬒﬑c glein
o er﬒ ﬒﬌gna﬑t ﬋ein.
Pan ﬌﬑ er erein.
an ﬌﬑ g﬑﬌rlı﬑ ﬇ein.
⮪al﬉a﬌arn ﬌﬌﬒
m﬑﬌﬉af ﬌ ſ﬌e﬒﬌﬒.
﬈﬑﬌ amg﬌ffra﬑﬒ g﬑﬌﬒
o ac﬉es mot ﬒﬌﬒.
⮙og﬑n ﬒a a ﬒﬑c
c﬑﬒a. c﬑﬒ ameanir m﬑c.
ma﬑r meint gog﬌﬉﬑c.
a﬑c ﬑﬌ ae ﬒﬌lıfas.
﬑﬌ g﬑a﬑r goffennaſ.
﬑﬌ a﬇eget﬉aſ.
elı ac eneaſ.
⮙og﬑n gogeu ﬉af.
 u﬌﬒ant ﬌ ga﬌af.
en aganaf.
o ﬒﬑f﬌n ﬌s ﬒﬌gaf.
uon ﬌t ﬇er﬌t.
gog﬑n ﬌ g﬑﬉﬌t.
⮙og﬑n an d﬌uein﬑.
gog﬑n an d﬌lein﬑.
⮙og﬑n an ﬒ıll﬌﬒.
gog﬑n an eſer﬌﬒.
⮙og﬑n ﬌ ego
﬌﬌﬒ ﬌ ﬒an ﬋o.
⮙og﬑n eu ﬉eıo
a﬑﬇ ﬌n﬌ oſco﬒.
Pet g﬌glo﬌t ﬌﬌﬒ ﬌n ﬒﬌﬒
et ﬒﬌﬒ ﬌m ﬇l﬑﬌﬒﬌n.
et ala﬒﬌r ﬌g at.
et ﬒oſ ﬌g aat.
tu﬑﬌n ﬌ ranna﬑t
g﬑a﬑ n﬑﬌ mef﬌l gog﬌ffra﬑t.
c﬉eſ g﬑﬌﬒ g﬑﬌﬒﬌on.
gog﬑wn ı ne﬇a﬑t.
﬌ lenıſ auon
ar o﬇﬌l haraon.
﬌ ﬒﬌﬒﬑c r﬑﬌nnon
﬇aran ac﬉﬑﬌on.
﬌ ﬌ſca﬑l o﬒ef
an d﬌c﬉afaf﬑﬍t nef.
﬈﬑﬌ uu ffoc﬉ ﬉﬑﬌l
o ﬒a﬌ar ﬉﬌ a﬌r.
et ﬇﬌e﬒ am eır
am ﬋n am ne﬒eır
﬑﬌ en﬑ ﬌ ﬒eu eır.
n﬌ eing ﬌n ﬋n eır.
an ﬌﬑ mo me﬒﬑﬉a﬑t.
an ﬌﬑ ﬒u ﬌ſca﬑t.
mou﬑﬌t u﬌﬒ eu cna﬑t.
﬉﬌﬒ an ﬌w me﬒﬌ſc.
an ﬌﬑ ganna﬑c ﬌ſc.
an ﬌﬑ du troet alarc﬉ g﬑﬌n.
e﬒﬌﬒a﬑c g﬑a﬌﬑ ll﬌m.
ll﬑﬌t﬉ nef n﬌t ﬌ſt﬌g.
﬌ e﬒eır t﬌arc﬉en
n﬌ ﬌s eu goffen.
﬌ ﬋och neu ﬌ ro﬑﬌﬒﬌r ﬉﬌﬒.
t﬉ g﬌farc﬉af ﬋argct ﬋ar﬒.
g﬑ ﬌t﬉ g﬌nn﬌﬒ eſc﬌rn n﬌﬑l.
c﬑﬒﬌nt ﬒eu ra﬌a﬒﬌r g﬑﬌nt.
⮪aet﬉ato ﬋﬌g gofec.
﬌n efreı ﬌n efroec.
﬌n efroec ﬌n efroeı.
lau﬒atu lau﬒eate ıeu.
ıl g﬑eıt﬉ ﬌n rıt﬉at.
﬇um glas gleıat.
﬇um ı ﬇um ﬉﬌﬒.
﬇um ı﬑c﬉ ﬌ m﬌n﬌﬒.
﬇um ﬌ff ﬇um ra﬑w.
﬇um ﬇﬑ell ﬌n lla﬑.
﬇um e﬇ıll ﬌g gefel
bl﬑﬌﬒﬌n a﬉an﬉er.
﬇um keı﬉a﬑c ﬇ıt﬉﬌n
ar ıeır ﬌n eı﬒in.
﬇um am﬑s ar re.
﬇um tar﬑ toſte.
﬇um ﬇﬑ch melina﬑
mal ﬌maetha﬑.
﬇um gron﬌n er ennis.
ef t﬌f﬑﬌s ﬌mr﬌n.
mea﬑ am ﬒ot ta﬑
﬌n saell ﬌mg﬌a﬑
﬌mr﬌gıa﬑ ola﬑.
﬑t﬉ ﬋﬌g go﬒eı﬒a﬑.
m ﬉aruolles ﬌ı ar
grafru﬒ grı﬇ eſcar.
⮙offo﬌eıs na﬑ nos
﬌n﬌ c﬉ro﬉ ﬌n as.
﬇um ae﬒ue﬒ıc.
﬇um lla rac g﬑le﬒ıc.
﬇um mar﬑ ﬇um ﬇﬌﬑.
eıg ﬌﬒ ﬌m e﬒ı﬑.
﬇um ﬌ ara﬒a﬑t.
﬌ rac da﬑ ﬇um ta﬑t.
m eıl ﬌g﬉oes greſ
grafru﬒ am ro﬒es.
o﬒ıt traet﬉ao
ma﬑ mol﬉ao.
⮴ıtc﬑﬌f alıein
r﬌﬉r﬌﬒af ıa﬑nllin.
ara﬉a﬑t ﬉﬌t ffin.
﬌g ﬌nnel﬑ elp﬉in.



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The poem given above is transcribed directly from the Llyfr Taliesin (Book of Taliesin), with reference to Blodeugerdd Barddas o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Ddeg edited by Dafydd Johnston. Letters or words obviously missing from the text are enclosed in square brackets [ ] and letters or words that are either superfluous to the metre or which are erroniously copied in the original are indicated in italic text.