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.
⮑r man mae neu ceint agano.
ane an arffo.
ſe n uo.
aelon am nacco.
nſ euı aroto.
r ıeıt talıein.
u emellin.
ıan an arfu.
llıaſ gfolu.
lleıt ıt areıt auacu.
neuſ uc n gelu.
uren arg.
⮙ıan a lefer.
fn f.
gnaeı o ar .
ac agfoet .
gnent eu eıron
a ernt e tan.
gnen eu elıeu
n oes oeſeu.
t ccat.
o fne gat.
eut angar fnat.
cnefat.
meint er ıat
a elıſ ac afat.
r na tretc traetat.
llat uc lln llatat.
enillac a
af na gnawt.
fn fu gnat.
neur o ſtgnat.
⮪ ar gnat.
⮪ı gein mlne t oteıs
ı la e.
n fr a a cıe.
n elu tıroe.
aneıſ am ıoe.
ant rı o noe.
an aetant.
an d oetant.
an eılw gan.
c ef ae arogant.
llaon erc lıant.
oe can cant
eur ac arant.
r ae ıaaſ
gaet ar naſ
oı raetato
ma molato.
mitf alıein.
r af ıan llin.
arat t ffin
g nel elın.
eur deırg et
o rıf eur dlet.
an gaat n carat
anuon aa.
nu n cenc at
tr goguecan gat.
gogfarc gıt at
tf n g neat.
⮔oetur ıf gelu.
ıſllat se.
m t an et
an oleu ne.
m gr gat gelu.
ern u
r ıeıtch talaarn.
de u arn.
arns eıtchı
anger aroni.
f ae rın roeſ
aen agmes.
Seıt gein ggruen
n aen.
t uvgein o o geın e u n n.
n annfn ıs elu.
n ar ruc elu
mae ae gd-
ı triſtı
gell no lleen.
⮙ogn ef raeu
aen an effreu.
m gelu taleu.
am e ıeu.
am uce ara.
am oeeu ſcoua.
an aual terne. t eu gara.
m gaual nt tr ert
maıc. ſ an gfrenſıt
ael ucel gt.
an goo t
an mo frt.
an g ecen.
an eceut ucel.
neu eul an oır.
an oı ır.
oi tır meint.
an nıt gteint.
⮙teint an tmnnit.
an gr ger.
⮙er an gr.
PP ecenıſ r.
r ecenis.
ſtir ſtrs.
ſtrt n llfreu
et nt et ffreu.
et ffreu et nt.
et auon nt.
aar lle.
neu teet.
gogn trs llafna
am ru am la.
gogn atrefna
rg nef a lla.
an atſeın auant.
an ergr ıuant.
an lec aran.
an ll nant.
nl an u.
an creu a uu.
uc an g0annac.
⮙eıc an ſercac.
llaet an gn.
an glas eln,
an aruat mn.
n llıaſ men.
an aruat.
an eu ef.
an me coln.
an allt alwn.
⮒wff an ſtern.
an lletru gern.
an gr llınoſ.
an ru egroes.
neu reıc ae ioes.
an gnnu noſ.
ateır n eur llıant.
n r ne an ruır on unan.
llı n crnan ne
anaa n.
⮪ant eln gn.
coc gn gan.
geı ıan.
t gartan
gereint ar arman.
PP c glein
o er gnat ein.
Pan er erein.
an grlı ein.
⮪alaarn
maf ſe.
amgffra g
o aces mot .
⮙ogn a a c
ca. c ameanir mc.
mar meint gogc.
ac ae lıfas.
gar goffennaſ.
aegetaſ.
elı ac eneaſ.
⮙ogn gogeu af.
uant gaaf.
en aganaf.
o fn s gaf.
uon t ert.
gogn gt.
⮙ogn an duein.
gogn an dlein.
⮙ogn an ıll.
gogn an eſer.
⮙ogn ego
an o.
⮙ogn eu eıo
a n oſco.
Pet gglot n
et m ln.
et alar g at.
et oſ g aat.
tun rannat
ga n mefl gogffrat.
ceſ g gon.
gogwn ı neat.
lenıſ auon
ar ol haraon.
c rnnon
aran acon.
ſcal oef
an dcafaft nef.
uu ffoc l
o aar ar.
et e am eır
am n am neeır
en eu eır.
n eing n n eır.
an mo meat.
an u ſcat.
mout u eu cnat.
an w meſc.
an gannac ſc.
an du troet alarc gn.
eac ga llm.
llt nef nt ſtg.
eeır tarcen
n s eu goffen.
och neu ror .
t gfarcaf argct ar.
g t gnn eſcrn nl.
cnt eu raar gnt.
⮪aetato g gofec.
n efreı n efroec.
n efroec n efroeı.
lauatu laueate ıeu.
ıl geıt n rıtat.
um glas gleıat.
um ı um .
um ıc mn.
um ff um raw.
um ell n lla.
um eıll g gefel
bln aaner.
um keıac ıtn
ar ıeır n eıin.
um ams ar re.
um tar toſte.
um ch melina
mal maetha.
um gronn er ennis.
ef tfs mrn.
mea am ot ta
n saell mga
mrgıa ola.
t g goeıa.
m aruolles ı ar
grafru grı eſcar.
⮙offoeıs na nos
n cro n as.
um aeueıc.
um lla rac gleıc.
um mar um .
eıg m eı.
um araat.
rac da um tat.
m eıl goes greſ
grafru am roes.
oıt traetao
ma molao.
⮴ıtcf alıein
rraf ıanllin.
araat t ffin.
g nnel elpin.
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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.