This is the original version of the poem Glaswawd Taliessin (The youthful wish of Taliesin) 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.
ennaeu am ont mo n anuonac.
Dfan mlletcnt meint g eua.
⮙nat rwf n elı elı ırat.
⮙nat ſct ſcan ar gefn ſcaıt.
⮙nat g ac at o ſat gaer.
na can maer marat.
r meı ar eneı creı gflogat.
t ı m ar gon creıt
gneıtch gnaat.
⮐oerlloeıt deıtch ana arat.
⮣ ern ercrn ern rnat.
⮪ı ılln ıaco oc mluac.
⮪eır llges n aces armes n at.
⮪ı ıe at am rı rıat.
⮙naat a era.
⮪ı o o rı. rı echat.
c errı e arat.
llu o ſeıſ. eıl o nt. tr gna.
g mr er gage geat.
⮧ac aran nan an arat.
atalar ae cn.
ıhat e a n.
⮙ell a to eı. t tanat.
t rfeat.
g gan erc at.
⮔fn n urat
olın anarat.
o ona tfawt
coc auat.
⮢t aret nanat.
nachefn er na at.
t lef con a
na cant n afrol.
o eant gnat.
Dgoelı leſni o laſat.
efret. rt aga g euat.
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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.