Celtic Texts: Arymes Prydein Fawr: The Greater Prophecy of Britain

This is the original version of the poem Arymes Prydain Fawr (The Greater Prophecy of Britain) 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. This is a prophecy, purportedtly from Myrddin/Merlin about the future of the Britons and their overthrow of the Anglo-Saxons.

⮐r﬌mes ﬌﬒eın ﬋a﬑.

⮔﬌gogan aen ﬒﬌go﬇﬌﬌n‧
marane﬒ a meue﬒ a﬉e﬒ gen﬉﬌n.
 ﬉ennaet﬉ ehelaet﬉ a ffraet﬉ ﬋n﬇﬌n‧
 g﬑e﬒﬌ d﬌﬉e﬒ an﬉e﬒ ﬌m o me﬉﬌n‧
⮙﬋﬌r g﬑﬌c﬉﬌r ﬌n t﬌﬒ar aſnar ﬒eg﬌n‧
eſcut ﬌g goſut r﬌﬉﬌t diff﬌n‧
⮙﬋aet﬉﬌l g﬑﬌r h﬌t gaer eir g﬋aſgara﬑t allm﬌n.
g﬑na﬉a﬑nt gouole﬒ g﬑e﬒﬌ g﬑e﬉﬌n.
 c﬉﬌mot ﬌mr﬌ a g﬑﬌r ﬒ul﬌n.
⮙﬌﬒﬌l ierdon mon a hr﬌﬒﬌n.
con﬌﬑ a c﬉lu﬒﬑﬌s eu ﬌nn﬑﬌s gen﬉﬌n.
to﬌on u﬌﬒ ﬇﬌t﬉on an ﬒﬌of﬌n.
﬈ell ﬒﬌gogan﬉er amſer ﬒﬌﬇﬌d﬌n.
⮪e﬌rne﬒ a ﬇on﬉e﬒ eu goeſc﬍n.
g﬑﬌r gogle﬒ ﬌g ﬌nte﬒ ﬌n eu ﬌lc﬉ c﬉﬌n.
﬌merue﬒ eu race﬒ ﬌ ﬒iſc﬌nn﬌n.

⮔﬌ſgogan ⮴﬌e﬒in ﬌ferue﬌﬒ ﬉﬌n.
﬌n a﬇er er﬌﬒on meir﬌on mec﬉te﬌rn.
 c﬉﬌n﬌ bei ﬋n reit﬉ lleit﬉ a g﬑﬌n﬌n.
o ﬋n e﬌lliſ b﬌t ﬌d ﬌m﬑t﬉u﬌nn﬌n.
⮴eir﬌on eu tret﬉eu ﬒﬌ch﬌nnull﬌n.
﬌g etoe﬒ ﬌mr﬌ nat oe﬒ tel﬉﬌n.
﬌﬌﬒ ﬑ ﬒﬌l﬌e﬒a﬑c a leifeir ﬉﬌n.
[*](n﬌ ﬒﬌ffei a talei ﬌g eit﬉iet.)
⮴ab meir ma﬑ a eir ﬌t na t﬉ar﬒et.
rac ennaeth ſaeon ac eu hoffe﬒.
﬉ell ﬇﬑﬌nt ﬌c﬉m﬌n ﬌ ﬑t﬉e﬌rn g﬑﬌ne﬒.
ef g﬌r﬉a﬑t allm﬌n ﬌ atu﬒e﬒.
n﬌ſ ar﬉ae﬒﬑﬌ ne﬇ n﬌ſ ﬒oes ﬒a﬌ar.
n﬌ d﬌﬒﬌nt ﬌ treigl﬌nt ﬌m o a﬇er‧
an ﬌naant ﬒anet tr﬑﬌ fflet calle﬒.
gan ﬉os a ﬉eg﬌ſ oe﬒ ﬌ng eur r﬌e﬒.
eu ﬌nn﬌﬒ bu ﬌ ﬑th﬌m ﬌n anuon﬉e﬒.
ge﬒﬌ rın ﬒ileın eit﬉ ﬌ m﬌nuer.
dec﬉﬌m﬌﬒ me﬒a﬑[t] ma﬑ ira﬑t o ﬋e﬒.
﬒ec﬉﬌m﬌﬒ ag﬉en ag﬉eu llaer.
﬒ec[h]﬌m﬌﬒ anaeleu ﬒agreu g﬑age﬒
﬒﬌c﬉﬌fro﬌ etg﬌llaet﬉ ennaet﬉ lletfer.
﬒ec﬉﬌m﬌﬒ triſtit b﬌t a r﬌﬉er.
﬉an u﬌﬒ ec﬉m﬌n ﬒anet an te﬌rne﬒.
⮙﬑t﬉oit trin﬒a﬑t ﬒﬌rna﬑t a ﬇﬑﬌ller.
﬌ ﬒ileın g﬑lat V﬌t﬉on a ſaeon ﬌n an﬉e﬒.
oet ﬌nt eu reges ﬌n alltu﬒e﬒.
no m﬌net ﬌mr﬌ ﬌n diffroe﬒.

Ma﬇ meir ma﬑ a eir ﬌t naſ ter﬒﬌n.
﬌mr﬌ rac goeir ﬇e﬌r ac ﬋n﬇﬌n.
﬌neirc﬉eit k﬌neileit ﬋n reit﬉ c﬑﬌nn﬌n.
﬋n go ﬋n g﬌g﬉o ﬋n eior ﬌nt.
n﬌t oe﬒ ﬌r ma﬑ed naſ llefer﬌nt.
nam﬌n ﬌r ﬉co goeir naſ ﬌mo﬒﬌nt.
﬌ du﬑ a dei ﬌﬒ ﬌moc﬉﬌m﬌n﬌nt.
talet g﬑t﬉o﬒et flet ﬌ allm﬌n.
g﬑naent ﬑﬌ aneireu eieu tref﬒﬌n.
﬌mr﬌ a saeon ﬌ferw﬌﬒﬌n
﬌ am lan ﬌mtreula﬑ ac ﬌m﬑t﬉﬌n.
o ﬒irua﬑ ﬋﬌﬒ina﬑ an ﬌mof﬌n.
c am g﬑﬌ geir ﬌f﬌rgeir ﬌ am eurll﬌n.
 uman ada﬑ agar﬑ ﬒iſc﬌n.
 mal [bw﬌t] ﬇alaon ſaeon ſ﬌rt﬉﬌n.
﬌mr﬌ ﬌n﬌rc﬉eit ﬌fun ﬒ull﬌n.
﬇laen ﬑t﬉ ﬋on gran﬌n﬌on ﬌f﬍ng oe﬒﬌n.
meir﬌on ﬌g ert﬉ eu geu ﬌n eu creın﬉﬌n.
u ﬇﬌dın ﬌g﬑aet﬉ın ﬌n eu ﬌lc﬉﬍n.
reill ar eu traet tr﬑﬌ goet il﬉﬌n.
⮪﬑﬌ u﬑c﬉ ﬍ ﬒ınaſ ffo﬊as ffoh﬍n.
r﬌fel he﬇ ﬒﬌c﬉el ﬌ tir ﬌d﬌n.
o tr﬑﬌ la﬑ g﬌g﬉o mal mo llit﬉r﬌n.

ﬖenr﬌on aer geri ﬒ıfri c﬑﬌nant.
﬋ei ﬌ ﬒﬌ffr﬌n a ﬇﬌n n﬌ſ dir﬒ant.
﬌ a﬇er er﬌﬒on n﬌ mat ﬒oet﬉ant.
anaelu tret﬉eu ﬒﬌c﬉﬌nullant.
na﬑ ugeın canh﬑ ﬌ ﬒iſc﬌nnant.
ma﬑ atar nam﬌n etar n﬌t atcoant.
﬒﬌﬉e﬒ ﬌ eu g﬑age﬒ a ﬒﬌e﬒ant.
eu cr﬌eu ﬌n lla﬑n creu a oolc﬉ant.
﬌mr﬌ ﬌neirc﬉eit eneit ﬒ic﬉ant.
g﬑﬌r de﬉eu eu tretheu a am﬌gant.
ll﬌m llifeit llafna﬑ ll﬑﬌r ﬌ lladant.
n﬌ ﬇﬌﬒ ﬌ ﬋e﬒﬌c m﬑﬌n o a naant.
﬇﬌﬒inoe﬒ atala﬒﬌r a﬒﬌r ﬌ ﬒euant.
r﬌﬒﬌rc﬉af﬑﬌nt ﬌mr﬌ at anant.
eit﬉ anoleit﬉ r﬌﬒﬌g﬌g﬌rc﬉aant.
﬌g goffen eu tret﬉eu ag﬉eu a ﬑﬒ant.
ereill aroſceill r﬌lan﬉aant.
oeſ oeeu eu tret﬉eu n﬌ſ eſcoant.

﬌g oet ﬌ maes [﬌m bro] ﬌m ﬇﬌n.
can﬉﬑﬌ll ﬌n t﬌﬌ll a ger﬒ genh﬌n.
﬌nan ﬌n racan ﬌m o ﬒iſc﬌n.
⮩aeon rac ﬇﬌t﬉on g﬑ae a gen﬌n.
atala﬒﬌r ﬌n ﬇ala﬒﬌r gan ﬌ un﬇﬌n.
tr﬑﬌ ſ﬌n﬉﬑﬌r ﬌n ll﬑﬌r ﬌n eu ﬒ic﬉l﬌n.
⮤an ſ﬌r﬉﬑﬌nt eu clas doſ eu ﬉erc﬉﬌n.
﬌g cuſtu﬒ a c﬉reu ru﬒ ar ru﬒ allm﬌n.
﬌g goffen o agreit﬉ anreit﬉ ﬒eg﬌n.
⮩eiſ ar ﬉﬌nt ﬉﬌t ger ﬌nt ﬌nt ﬑﬌ ﬌nt tec﬉﬌n.
g﬑﬌n eu ﬇﬌t ﬑﬌ g﬌mr﬌ an a﬒o﬒﬌nt.
run g﬑ara﬑t ﬌ trin﬒a﬑t o tralla﬑t g﬌nt.
na c﬉﬌net ﬒﬌fet na gl﬌﬑﬌﬌g
n﬌ſ g﬑na﬉o mola﬑t meir﬌on mec﬉te﬌rn.
na c﬉﬌n﬉o﬌on ſaeon eff﬌n e﬇﬌n.
n﬌ſ g﬑na﬑ me﬒ut me﬒﬒a﬑t gen﬉﬌n.
he﬇ talet o ﬒﬌nget maint a geff﬌n.
⮣ ﬌n﬒ifeıt ﬋ei﬇on ac ereill r﬍n.
tr﬑﬌ eir﬌a﬑l dei a ſeint ﬌﬒﬌n.
﬉﬌t ffr﬑t arlego ffoha﬑ allan.

⮔﬌ſgogan aeb ﬒﬌﬒a﬑ ﬌ ﬒﬌﬒.
an d﬌ffo i﬌ſ ﬌ ﬋n gw﬌l.
﬋n co ﬋n g﬌g﬉o a lloeg﬌r lloſcit.
﬌r gobeit﬉ anneira﬑ ar ﬌n ﬌﬒a﬑ lu﬌﬒.
 c﬉er﬒ ar alluro a ffo beun﬌﬒.
n﬌ ﬑﬌r u﬒ ﬌m﬒a c﬑﬒ a c﬑﬒ ﬇﬌﬒.
⮔﬌c﬉﬌rc﬉﬑﬌nt g﬌fart﬉ mal art﬉ o ﬋﬌n﬌﬒.
﬌ talu g﬑﬌n﬌eit﬉ g﬑aet eu hēn﬌﬒.
t﬋i eleitral ﬒﬌fal ﬒ill﬌d.
n﬌t arb﬇e﬑﬌ car coff ﬌ gil﬌﬒.
tui en gafla﬑ ﬉eb emenn﬌﬒.
⮐tui g﬑age﬒ g﬑ed﬑ a meirc﬉ g﬑eil﬌﬒.
⮐tui o﬇ein ﬋t﬉﬌r rac rut﬉﬌r et﬌r.
 lliawſ lla﬑ amhar ﬌n g﬑aſcar llu﬌﬒.
enna﬒eu ag﬉eu ﬒﬌c﬉﬌fer﬌﬒.
an ſaf﬉﬑﬌nt glane﬒ ﬑t﬉ eu ﬉enn﬌﬒.
f ﬒iala﬑ ﬌ tret﬉ ar g﬑ert﬉ beun﬌﬒
r m﬌n﬌c﬉ genna﬒eu ar geu lu﬌﬒.

⮔﬌gofu ﬌mr﬌ ﬌ eri tr﬑﬌ k﬌ferg﬌r.
﬌n g﬌eir g﬌teir g﬍tſon g﬌tff﬌d.
⮔﬍gofu ﬌mr﬌ ﬌ eri kat.
 ll﬑﬌t﬉ ia﬑ſ g﬑lat a g﬌nnullan.
 lluman glan dei a ﬒r﬌chaſant.
﬌ t﬌﬌ſa﬑ g﬑﬌﬒﬌l tr﬑﬌ lieingant.
 g﬌n﬉on ﬒ul﬌n gen﬉﬌n ﬌ ſafant.
an d﬌ffont ﬌r ga﬒ n﬌t ﬌ma﬒ant.
gof﬌nnant ﬌r ſaeon ﬌ gei﬌ant.
﬑﬌ meint eu d﬌let o lat a ﬒al﬌ant.
c﬑ mae eu her﬑ an ſeil﬌aant.
c﬑ mae eu ene﬒loe﬒ ﬌ ﬋o an ﬒oer﬉ant.
﬌r amſer g﬑t﬉e﬌rn gen﬉﬌n ﬌ ſat﬉ant.
n﬌ c﬉effir o ir rantir an arant.
eu ﬋eınt an ſeint ﬌r ﬌ ſag﬉﬌ant.
neu reit﬉eu ﬒ei ﬌r ﬌ to﬌aant.
﬌mgwt﬌nt g﬌m﬌ an ﬌melant.
n﬌t a﬉ont allm﬌n or nen ﬌ safant.
h﬌t an tal﬉ont ſeitheit﬉ g﬑ert﬉ ﬒igonſant.
c ag﬉eu ﬒i﬉eu ﬌g ertc eu cam.
ef tal﬉a﬑ o ana﬑ garma﬑n garat.
﬌ e﬒eir bl﬌ne﬒ ar etar cant.

⮙﬑﬌r g﬑﬌c﬉﬌r g﬑allt hir﬌on erg﬌r ﬒of﬌﬒.
o ﬒e﬉ol ſaeon o ier﬒on ﬒﬌﬇﬌﬒.
⮔﬌﬇i o lego l﬌g﬉eſ re﬌﬒.
reın﬌a﬑t ﬌ gat r﬑﬌cca﬑t llu﬌﬒.
⮔﬌bi o alclut g﬑﬌r i ﬒rut ﬒ieir.
﬌ ﬒i﬉ol o pr﬌﬒ein ﬋irein lu﬌﬒.
⮔﬍﬇i o l﬌﬒a﬑ ﬌﬒a﬑ g﬌eit﬉﬌﬒.
ket﬌r ﬌ ar atueirc﬉ n﬌ ﬉eirc﬉ eu henn﬌﬒.
⮩aeon o art﬉ ﬌ g﬑art﬉ ae ﬒eu﬇﬌﬒.
r﬌ treg﬉iſ eu hoes n﬌ſ ﬒ioes elu﬌﬒.
﬒﬌﬒eri ag﬉eu ﬌r du g﬌eit﬉﬌﬒.
clef﬌t a ﬒﬌lli﬒ ac ang﬑er﬌t.
⮙﬑e﬒﬌ eur ac ar﬌ant a c﬉an﬉﬑﬌n﬌﬒.
﬇oet ert﬉ eu ﬒iert﬉ ﬌gert﬉ eu ﬒﬌cff﬌﬒.
﬇oet ﬇oet ago eu uſ﬌﬌ uul﬌r
﬇oet creu ﬇oet ag﬉eu eu ﬌eit﬉﬌﬒.
﬌nan a c﬉atala﬒﬌r a﬒﬌r ﬌n llu﬒.
tm﬌cca﬑ ﬉﬌t ﬑a﬑t ffa﬑t ae ﬒eu﬇﬌﬒.
⮔eu ﬋n﬇en ﬒eg﬌n d﬑﬌s eu u﬌l.
﬒eu oſeg﬌n ſaeon o leit ﬒of﬌﬒.
﬒eu ﬉ael ﬒eu ge﬒a﬑l g﬑lat ar﬉eg﬌﬒.
﬒eu ﬒iarc﬉ar ﬇ara﬑t ﬋nffa﬑t ﬋n ff﬌﬒.
﬒eu erc﬉﬌na﬑c ﬌﬒ein mirein lu﬌﬒.
﬒eu art﬉ n﬌ſ g﬑na g﬑art﬉ ﬌fart﬉ ﬇eun﬌﬒.

⮔﬌ſgogan ﬒er﬌﬒on meınt a ﬒eru﬌﬒.
o ﬋﬌na﬑ h﬌t l﬌da﬑ ﬌n eu lla﬑ ﬌t ﬋﬌﬒.
o d﬌uet ﬉﬌t ﬒anet ﬑﬌ bieıu﬌﬒.
o a﬑l ﬉﬌ er﬌t ﬉﬌t eu he﬇﬌r.
ﬕettata﬑t eu ennaet﬉ roſ ﬌r ec﬉﬑﬌﬒.
to ar g﬌n﬉on saeon n﬌ ﬇﬌﬒.
tc﬉el﬑﬌nt ﬑﬌﬒﬌l ar eu ﬉enn﬌﬒.
r﬌﬒﬌c﬉af ﬑﬌nt g﬌mr﬌ a﬒﬌r g﬌eit﬉﬌﬒.
﬇﬌﬒ınoe﬒ am g﬑﬑f a t﬉﬑﬑f mil﬌r.
 the﬌rne﬒ de﬑s r﬌ged﬑﬌ſ eu ff﬌﬒.
iiſ ﬌ o ll﬌g﬉eſ tres a ﬒eru﬌﬒.
 c﬉﬌mot ﬌nan gan ﬌ gil﬌﬒.
n﬌ ala﬑ g﬌n﬉on ﬌n g﬌nif﬌r
nam﬌n ec﬉m﬌n atala﬒﬌r ae g﬌fneit﬌r.
il k﬌mro llaen llafar a u﬌﬒.
m ﬌n﬌ſ g﬌m﬑﬌eit ﬉eit a ﬒eru﬌﬒.
an ſaf﬉﬑﬌nt galane﬒ ﬑t﬉ eu ﬉enn﬌﬒.
﬉﬌t ﬌n a﬇er ſanic ﬋﬌﬒.
llm﬌n ar g﬌c﬉﬌n ﬌ alltu﬒﬌﬒.
ol ﬑t﬉ ol ao ar eu ﬉enn﬌﬒.
Saeon ﬑t﬉ ago ar ﬋o eun﬌﬒.
﬌mr﬌ g﬑enert﬉a﬑l ﬉﬌t ﬋a﬑t gou﬌﬒.
a c﬉ei﬑﬌nt l﬌fra﬑ nac aga﬑ b﬌﬒﬌﬒.
r﬌mes ﬌r ﬌n﬌s ﬉on nam﬌n ﬉﬌n n﬌ ﬇﬌﬒.
Iol﬑n i ri a gre﬑﬌s nef ac elu﬌﬒.
oet t﬌﬌a﬑c dei ﬌r ﬌nıf﬌r.
﬌n ﬌r ﬌g gelli aer am du﬑ ﬌﬌﬒.
n﬌ t﬉reinc n﬌ dieınc n﬌t ar﬒iſ﬌﬒.
n﬌ ﬑﬌﬑ n﬌ ell﬌c n﬌ ﬉l﬌c n﬌ c﬉r﬌﬒.



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The poem given above are transcribed directly from the Llyfr Taliesin (Book of Taliesin), with reference to Blodeugerdd Barddas o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Ddeg edited by Dafydd Johnston and to AHO Jarman's diplomatic edition of the text. 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.