This is the original version of the poem Cadair Taliessin (The Chair 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.
⮡of ⮴ererd.
⮴olat du dof.
ll franc .
freu fne.
ar bon ſe.
an at[.] lefer.
en cecu.
r einoet [...] ein.
⮑eır llafar llucdec.
eu gat [...] nm gre.
ar ſtrat ar ſtre.
ſtr mar iı [...]mire.
t mi f er uut.
⮙ogfarch eır rut.
⮑t edaf ut.
⮑t almaf eut.
Ruunaf deınu.
⮪ern ern olut.
t mi f er as.
⮙ogfarc eır reıs.
Bat aal ıas.
ofn eıgan aas.
amlenıſ aſ.
am ⮴ o noetas.
an ıen glıt.
allat genıtch.
a glı genn.
glut ac ſto.
c el tra mo.
c eur ıen lle.
llen arant gı.
ru em a grawn.
c en eıgan.
frſ ffnan
ber rran.
gſllt gerin
eccı one lln.
llt lloer en.
llef llone erln.
son ſnr.
ſec am loer.
gofr ge gr.
⮙tch ael ar.
mall a merin.
gaal tra merın.
coc gtrın.
r llaw ererin.
a r a r.
ac al ſegrffc.
lleu mec.
lle allr enffc.
eır a loeu.
duıc erteu.
ıallu a ıeıl.
laen g goeu.
mall ameuue.
a mnc aneue.
gın tal ıe.
⮣ rufeın t roe.
fn fr ec.
Dan lıf of.
eu en ura d.
ffrtlan gm.
⮧eı ıas erı
0 uc eır um.
gıan auon.
gofr hinon.
mel a meıllon.
[...] megrn meon
an ragon.
a [...] n eron.
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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.