This is the original version of the poem Daronwy (Daronwy) 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.
D ıffert nef
rac llan llet ofr.
ntaf ata.
treıſ doſ o.
en a o m:
noget aronn.
t am doc
am glc alc nef.
ıt rin u
ga gr goon.
oıt ae g.
utlat aton.
goet
an tf.
ffrteu n mr.
r lan gllon.
nan ae aff
t an lec.
eeuant etaet
roſ reı atroſ traet.
eeır ıf ennaet.
r met n gaet.
gr g eelaet
ar ein aruaet.
⮙age a ui ffraet.
ıllon aui aet.
⮧fert ıraet
me a marcogaet.
⮔eeuo rein.
ge a gac eın
ern eu aein.
ar r n goein.
⮔euo knrein
o am ır rufein.
eu er a ggeın
eu gat aſcein.
anan er a ein.
r ger t ggein.
ı nnu.
⮴arc rna.
ıon an.
c truu.
met lln gn anaet ıeu.
o ıſc aaf mra mtrau.
⮙uet coet ein eu ſllu.
t t uuan a t t uu.
an nel mr amualau.
eır aralluro karo nu.
llemeıſ ı lam o lam eglc.
eı a nr gao c.
⮴egeot run ef ao c.
rg aer rıan a caer rc.
⮧g ıneın. a ıneıc.
eglur emnt a l golc.
rac rnac tan cfr mc.
n ren u an r amc.
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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.