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.
gofeıſs t. u eu tec ar lat glec ſıt.
bu ael af ertaf o ranet.
u tern genn gae glat.
ef toreſ ar ar eır geıt g at.
ac ef n cog lat ar lufa er
ell a tecs coet grt sgoıad aleaner.
n ual urınn gae a garcarer n ell garcart.
geu u ac lle ef afas ergr o lu
ne n noc ef n ara
mue e ert o anat
ael aleaner ae mert na.
gla sr a sıroel a glat ſrıa
a glat ınıfa. glat dınıra.
glat ers amers a glat kanna.
ac ne let a leteppa.
cıat aılon ac agaſcıa.
ma a glat gallaruſ can n a.
t muc tır tarc na.
c r naont eu t t eu ela
eant gſtlon euroa.
c anreıta glaoe goe tra.
⮙tr gennt rage gont ma.
on loſceıgon gle gaſtra.
⮣ gaeu afo an atroet
ıgonan ein gneint en ıtret
milr mageıan an aroet.
⮢eu lat teıon tı an ıffet.
n t eſcar eſco lluet.
ac gofal r ual ae agalet
mil cant rıallu a uu ar rac scet.
eu geu gogılleu ar eu milet.
s genns aſ n noe trefret.
n no n eı gell ıgonet.
m argl glatl glat gogonet.
lat ıo oo goeu stlne.
ıccf dıgonf oet gent t gffret.
r al am cl oet meu eu unet.
Dıgonnt o u n gıſc ttet.
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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.