This is the original version of the poem Kanu y med (The Song of Mead) 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.

⮞anu ﬌ me﬒. ﬊﬊iiii.

⮙ol﬌c﬉af le﬒ıc en﬒euıc o a.
⮙﬑ a g﬌n﬉eıl ﬌nef argl﬑﬌﬒ o tra.
⮙﬑ a naet﬉ ﬌ ﬒﬑f﬌r ﬌ ﬇a﬑﬇ ﬌n ﬒a.
G﬑ a naet﬉ o llat ac ae ll﬑﬌﬒a.
⮴e﬒﬉et maelg﬑wn mon ac an me﬒a.
e ﬋e﬒gon e﬌n g﬑er﬉﬌n g﬑﬌m﬉a.
s ﬌nnull g﬑en﬌n ac n﬍ſ m﬑﬌n﬉a.
⮴e﬒ ﬉ı﬒leıt moleı molu ﬌ o tra.
llea﬑s crea﬒ur a ﬋ac tra.
 naet﬉ ﬒u﬑ ﬌ ﬒﬌n ﬌r ﬌ ﬒on﬉a.
⮧eı ﬒ut reı mut ef ae m﬑﬌n﬉a.
eı ﬒ut reı mu ef ae m﬑﬌n﬉a.
eı g﬑﬌ll reı ﬒of ﬒ou﬌﬒ ae g﬑na.
﬌d ﬒ıllıg ﬋﬒unt ﬌n ﬒ıllat ﬌﬒a.
﬌n n﬑﬌ ﬌n ﬒ıa﬑wt ﬉﬌t ﬋a﬑t ﬌t ar﬉a.
⮙ol﬌c﬉afı le﬒ıc en﬒efıc g﬑lat ﬉e﬒.
﬌ ﬒ıll﬑g el﬉in o alltute﬒.
﬌ g﬑ am ro﬒es ﬌ g﬑ın ar c﬑﬑f ar me﬒.
r meırc﬉ ma﬑ mo﬒ur mırein eug﬑e﬒.
m rot﬉﬑﬌ eta mal ﬒ıe﬒.
r﬑﬌ ﬋o﬒ ﬒u﬑ ﬌ r﬌﬒ tr﬑﬌ enr﬌﬒e﬒.
um em﬉﬑nt alan ﬌g ﬌man ﬉e﬒.
elffına﬑c ﬋arc﬉a﬑c me﬒﬑﬌r﬒﬌ ogle﬒.



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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.