This is the original version of the poem Cadair Cerridwen (The Chair of Cerridwen) 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.

a﬒eır eıtuen. ccc.

⮧en r﬌ma﬑﬌r tıt﬉eu.
eeıfant om are﬒eu.
﬌n ﬒eeınt ﬌m ﬌l geineu.
lle﬌c﬉a﬑t ﬋﬌ lleufereu.
⮴﬌na﬑c ﬉oe﬒﬌l ⮴ına﬑c a lleu.
 eleıſ ı ﬌ma g﬌n﬉eu.
Dıe﬒ ﬌n llec﬉ue﬒ lleu.
Bu g﬑﬒ ﬌ ﬉﬑﬒ ﬌g a﬒eu.
⮐uac﬒u ﬋﬌ ma﬇ in﬉eu.
De﬌﬒ ﬒ou﬌﬒ r﬑﬌ goeu.
﬌ ﬌g﬌famr﬌on er﬒eu.
oe﬒ g﬑ell ﬌ s﬌n﬉﬑﬌r no ﬋eu.
kelu﬌﬒af g﬑ a gıgleu.
⮙﬑﬌﬒﬌on ap ﬒on ﬒﬌g﬌nuert﬉eu.
 ﬉u﬒﬑﬌ſ g﬑eıc o ﬋lo﬒eu
 ﬒﬌﬒uc moc﬉ o de﬉eu.
an ﬇u ı﬒a﬑ ﬒ıſgoeu.
﬒ut ﬌m﬍t a g﬑r﬌t let﬉eu.
 rıt﬉﬑﬌s go﬑﬌﬒a﬑t
﬌ ar laga﬑t l﬌s.
c ener﬌ſ k﬌fr﬑﬌eu.
﬈an ﬋arn﬉er ﬌ a﬒eıreu.
r﬇en﬉ıc ﬋﬒un ﬌ ﬋eu.
﬋﬌g a﬒eır am eır am ﬒e﬒uon
a⮴ areıt﬉ tr﬌a﬒﬌l ga﬒eır g﬌on.
R﬌m gelır ﬌fr﬑﬌s ﬌n ll﬌s ﬒on.
⮴ı ac euron﬑﬌ ac euron.
⮙﬑eleıſ ﬌mla﬒ taer ﬌n nant ffrangcon.
⮔u﬑ ſul ﬌t ﬌lgeınt
r﬑g ﬑﬌t﬉eint a g﬑﬌﬒﬌on.
⮔﬌f ieu ﬌n geugant ﬌﬒ aet﬉ant ﬋on.
﬌ geıſa﬑ ﬌ſcut a ﬉u﬒ol﬌on.
ranrot ﬒em clot g﬑a﬑ ﬉inon.
⮴﬑﬌﬉af g﬑art﬉ ﬌ mart﬉ o art﬉ ﬇﬌t﬉on.
⮔﬌﬇ws am ﬌ l﬌s efu﬌ſ afon.
fon ae ﬉ec﬉r﬌ſ g﬑r﬌ſ g﬑rt﬉ tea.
a ⮙﬑en﬑﬌n ﬌ c﬉﬌n﬇﬌t ﬌lc﬉ ﬇﬌t e﬒a.
﬌t ﬑﬌ ﬒﬌eıt geu ll﬌frau ﬇e﬒a.
a﬒eır geta﬒e﬒ ﬌﬌﬒ ﬌ma.
 ﬉﬌t ﬋a﬑t ara﬑t ﬌n euroa.
n rot﬉﬑﬌ ﬌ trin﬒a﬑t
trugare﬒ ﬒﬌﬒ ﬇a﬑t.
llein gar﬒a﬑t gan ﬌r﬒a.



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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.