This is the original version of the poem Y Gofiesswys byt (The Contrived World) 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.

⮰ ⮙ofeı﬑﬌s ⮑﬌

﬌ gofeıſ﬑﬌s ﬇﬌t. ﬇u ﬒eu tec ar lat g﬑le﬒﬌c﬉ ﬌ſıt.
bu ﬉ael ﬉af ﬇ert﬉af o r﬌anet.
﬇u ter﬑﬌n g﬑en﬑﬌n g﬑ae ﬌ g﬌lat.
ef toreſ ar ﬒ar eır g﬑eıt﬉ ﬌g at.
ac ef n﬌ ﬋﬌﬒ cog﬑﬌﬒ ﬌ lat ﬒ar lufa﬑ e﬇﬌r
ell a t﬉ec﬉﬑﬌s coet g﬌rt﬉ ﬌sgo﬒ıa﬑d ale﬊an﬒er.
﬌n ﬉ual urınn g﬑ae a garc﬉arer n﬌ ﬉ell garc﬉ar﬑﬌t.
g﬉eu ﬒﬌﬇u ac lle ef afas erg﬌r o lu
ne﬇ ﬌n noc ef n﬌ ﬒ar﬉a﬑﬒
m﬌ue﬒ ﬇e﬒ ﬇ert﬉﬑﬌﬒ o a﬒﬑﬌n﬒a﬑t
﬉ael ale﬊an﬒er ae ﬌mert﬉ ﬌na.
g﬑la s﬌r a sır﬌oel a g﬑lat ſ﬌rıa
a g﬑lat ﬒ınıf﬒a.  g﬑lat dınıra.
g﬑lat ers amers a g﬑lat ﬌ kanna.
ac ﬌n﬌e﬒ let﬉ a ﬉let﬉eppa.
 c﬉ı﬑﬒a﬑t ﬇a﬇ılon ac agaſcıa.
ma﬑ a g﬑lat gall﬒aruſ ﬇﬌c﬉an ﬌n ﬒a.
﬉﬌t ﬌﬒ ﬌m﬒uc ﬌ tır t﬌arc﬉ ﬌na.
c ﬌r na﬉ont eu ﬇﬌t ﬑t﬉ eu ﬉el﬌a
﬌ e﬒ant g﬑﬌ſtlon ﬌ euroa.
c anreıt﬉a﬑ g﬑la﬒oe﬒ g﬑﬌﬌oe﬒ tra.
⮙﬑﬌t﬉﬌r g﬑en﬌nt rage﬒ go﬒﬌nt ﬌ma.
﬇on loſce﬒ıg﬌on g﬑﬌le﬒ g﬑aſtra.
⮣ ga﬒eu afo an atro﬒et
﬒ıgon﬌an ﬇ein g﬑neint en ﬇ıt﬉ret
﬌ mil﬌r mageı﬒a﬑n an aro﬒et.
⮢eu lat ﬌t﬉eıon tı an ﬒ıff﬌﬒et.
n﬌ ﬇﬌﬒ ﬌t﬉ eſcar eſco llu﬒et.
ac gofal ﬌r ﬉ual ae agalet
mil cant rıallu a uu ﬋ar﬑ rac s﬌c﬉et.
eu geu gog﬑ılleu ar eu milet.
s g﬑en﬑﬌n﬑﬌s ﬌ aſ ﬌n noe trefret.
﬌n no ﬉﬌n ﬇eı g﬑ell ﬒ıgonet.
﬌m ﬉argl﬑﬌﬒ g﬑latl﬑﬌﬒ g﬑lat gogonet.
﬋ lat ıo oo goeu ﬌stl﬌ne﬒.
﬒ı﬌cc﬑﬌f dıgon﬑﬌f oet gen﬉﬌t t﬌ g﬌ffret.
r a﬑l am cl﬌﬑ oet meu eu ﬉unet.
Dıgon﬑﬌nt ﬑﬌ ﬋o﬒ ﬒u﬑ ﬌n g﬑ıſc t﬌tet.



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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.