This is the original version of the poem Canu y meirch (A Poem to the Steeds) 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.
⮪oı anunal
tut ıal an ſcal.
f ıolen o uc lla tan tantin ga
uc ael ucel
uc no o nfel.
ma anfel.
trıc gofel
no neıtar llr.
llr llr er
ar g ner
ga gen gtucr.
t a t rs
t o euelıs.
t euelıſ nton
t er afaon.
rdreafı a arn gs
aarn trar fn gaſ.
nt mi g llfr llt
crr t clt.
ut n deu garant.
eu dıch uar ıcant
om lla t la t d dım.
⮪ıtri noet
aco ar enet.
marc maac.
marc genetac.
marc aradac.
mr eıtıac.
marc gtur.
marc garur.
marc artur.
eofn roı cur.
marc talıeın
a marc lleu lletuegın.
er lleı llnin.
greı marc cunin.
onan neıac
a a ac.
Du mooe enac.
⮴arc wn o aac.
r trı carn aflac.
nt ant nt ıla.
etin marc keıa.
carn aarn arna.
⮰ſcurıt ſcoıc.
gor llemenic.
marc rerc rıc.
llt llı elleıc.
a llamreı llan elıc.
ffroenuoll grenhıc
marc ſarnin.
c ereıll n trin
rac tır all gin.
henn ma uc.
cel o ırauc.
Bum c um ch
um ſ um ſc.
um ban um banc.
um ga n rtch.
um llıf n eırt
um ton n egeırtch.
um ſcafn ſceinat ıl.
um at ennrıt ar trı ren.
um ell, um en
gafr ar rſca en.
um garan gala gelet golc.
tra ges mılet moal.
atent enel a.
⮣ ıſ ar ge aſolır.
nt ormo meınt am gr.
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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.