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.

a﬒eır talıeın. ﬊﬊iiii.

⮡o﬒﬑﬌f ⮴erer﬌d.
⮴ola﬑t du﬑ dof﬌﬒.
ll﬑﬑ ﬌franc ﬌﬌﬒.
﬌freu ﬒﬌f﬌ne﬒﬌﬒.
﬇ar﬒ bon ſ﬌e﬒﬌﬒.
an at[.] lefer﬌﬒.
en c﬑﬒ec﬉u﬌﬒.
r ﬋ein﬌oet﬉ [...] ﬋ein﬌﬒.
⮑eır﬒ llafar llucdec.
eu g﬑a﬑t [...] n﬌m gre.
ar ﬌ſtrat ar ﬌ſtre.
﬌ſtr﬌﬑ ma﬑r [...]mire.
﬌t mi ﬑﬌f er﬒ uut.
⮙og﬌farch ﬋eır﬒ rut.
⮑﬌t e﬇﬑﬌daf ﬒ut.
⮑﬌t almaf e﬉ut.
R﬌﬒u﬉unaf deınu.
⮪e﬌rn er﬌n olut.
﬌t mi ﬑﬌f er﬒ ﬑as.
⮙og﬌farc﬉ ﬋eır﬒ reıs.
Bat﬉ ﬋a﬒a﬑l ı﬒as.
﬒of﬌n eıg﬌a﬑n a﬒as.
﬑﬌ amlenıſ aſ.
am ﬌⮴ o noet﬉as.
an ﬌﬑ ﬒ıen g﬑lıt﬉.
allat g﬑enıtch.
a g﬑lı g﬑en﬌n.
glut ac ﬌ſto.
c el﬌﬑ tra mo.
c eur ﬇ı﬇en lle﬑.
 llen ar﬌ant g﬑ı﬑.
 ru﬒ em a gra﬑wn.
c e﬌n eıg﬌a﬑n.
﬌ ﬒﬌fr﬌ſ ff﬌n﬉a﬑n
ber﬑ ﬇﬌r﬌r﬒a﬑n.
﬌ g﬌ſ﬌llt g﬑erin
﬇eccı ﬇one﬒ ll﬌n.
 ll﬑﬌t﬉ lloer e﬉﬌n.
lle﬒﬌f llone﬒ ﬋erl﬌n.
 s﬌﬌on ſ﬌n﬉﬑﬌r.
 ſe﬌﬒c am loer.
 gofr﬑﬌ g﬑e﬒ g﬑﬌r.
⮙﬑tch ael a﬌r.
 mall a merin.
 g﬑a﬒a﬑l tra merın.
 c﬉o﬑c g﬑﬌trın.
r lla﬑w ererin.
a ﬉﬌﬇﬌r a ﬉﬌r.
ac ﬋﬒a﬑l ſeg﬌rff﬌c.
 ll﬌eu me﬒﬌c.
lle all﬑﬌r ﬋enff﬌c.
 ﬇eır﬒ a ﬇lo﬒eu.
 du﬒ıc ﬇ert﬉eu.
 ﬇ıallu a ﬇ı﬑﬒eıl.
 ﬇laen g﬑﬌﬒ go﬒eu.
 mall ameuue﬒.
a m﬌n﬌c﬉ a﬒neue﬒.
 g﬑ın tal ı﬇e﬒.
⮣ rufeın ﬉﬌t roe﬒.
 ﬒﬑f﬌n ﬒﬑f﬌r ec﬉﬑﬌﬒.
Da﬑n ﬌ lıf ﬒of﬌﬒.
eu en ura﬑ ﬋﬌d.
ffr﬑﬌t﬉la﬑n ﬌ g﬌m﬌﬒.
⮧eı ıas ﬇erı﬒﬌﬒
0 ﬒uc﬉ eır um﬑﬌﬒.
 g﬑ıa﬑n auon.
 gofr﬑﬌ hinon.
 mel a meıllon.
[...]  me﬒g﬌rn me﬒on
a﬒﬑﬌n ﬌ ﬒ragon.
﬒a [...] ﬑n ﬌ ﬒er﬌﬒on.



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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.