This is the original version of the poem Mab gyfreu taliessin (The Childhood Verse 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.
farchaf m ren
ſtra aen.
uc agen
kn no cerituen.
efin m t
a uu eıt.
meneıch aleı
rnam eı.
r nam eısgrt.
n a nam erlnt.
atreıt mc.
t eceniſ dc.
ffnawn a dıc
uc argel tllc.
an alaf cann.
an noſ loergan.
rall n cant
d ſct allan.
an gofaran
tf tonneu t lan.
n dıal lan.
aae atan.
an mo trm maen.
an mo llm aen.
oſtı gell
ae on ae laen
erıſ art
rg dn ac annt.
gell at
ae ıeuanc ae llt
oſt tı et t
an c n ſct.
e coff ae eneı.
e argel cant.
eıle elu
r nam e.
oſt ı c u
noſ n aros .
oſtı ar.
et eılen .
cefıs mn
n reina elu.
gneıl magr
daar n bel.
eneı gna
gelas ef gr.
rfeaf n llfreu
naſ gant n ıeu.
eneıt aneu
t aeloeu.
artch an ıneu
r [...]nt a fffreu
rfel angnat.
ecaur erıclat.
⮧feaf ar at
an uu gaawt.
goeu meawt
o e a agat.
go ffat
a mn u trinat.
r traetn ı trathawt.
namn oonat.
erıſ keinhac
o arant roat.
an mo reegac.
a mo eıtıac.
geu ſeılac
m o glat ſ raınnac.
geu uc am pen
ſ llean lenn.
c nef noe nen.
naf u n o amſer an aner
a ıeu ıeu o amſer.
ıt a erer
o beent ae.
ge anreufe
r n gna ni roele.
ıgan llae
eſtch a e.
r g an gnaet
o lat gertefin.
oet ef an u an uc
aa o ıe.
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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.