This is the original version of the poem Marwnad Cú Roí mab Dáiri (The Elegy of Cú Roí son of Dáiri) 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.

⮴ar﬑nat coroı. m. ﬒a﬌r﬌.

⮔﬌ ff﬌n﬉a﬑n l﬌﬒an d﬌ llein﬑ ac﬉eſ.
﬒﬌﬒a﬑ ﬒﬌ ﬉e﬇c﬌r ﬒﬌ ﬇ıs ﬒﬌﬇﬌s.
⮴ar﬑nat coro﬌ am ﬌ffroes.
⮣er deni g﬑ gar﬑ ﬌ an﬑﬌teu.
a oe﬒ ﬋o﬌ ﬌ ﬒﬑c n﬌ſ ma﬑ gıcleu.
⮴a﬇ ﬒a﬌r﬌ ﬒aleı l﬌﬑ ar ﬋o ﬒e﬉eu.
﬒at﬉﬌l oe﬒ ﬌ glot ﬌n noe a﬒neu.
⮔﬌ ff﬌n﬉a﬑n l﬌﬒an ﬒elleın﬑ nonneu.
﬒﬌ ﬒a﬑ ﬒﬌ ﬉e﬇c﬌r ﬒﬌﬇﬌s ﬒﬌﬇eu.
⮴ar﬑na﬑t coro﬌ gen﬉﬌f in﬉eu.
⮣er ﬒eni. D﬌ ff﬌n﬉a﬑n l﬌﬒an ﬒﬌llein﬑ ﬒﬌ ll﬌r.
﬒﬌ saet﬉ ﬒﬌c﬉﬌rc﬉ traet﬉ ﬒ıu﬑g ﬒﬌﬇﬌r.
⮙﬑ a ereſc﬌n m[a...]﬑r ﬌ ﬋aranreſ.
 e﬒﬌ m﬌na﬑ m﬌net tref﬌﬒. a[...] ant ﬑﬌ ffres ffra ﬌n﬌on﬌﬒.
⮪a uu uud﬒ugere ﬇oe ﬒ugra﬑.
c﬉e﬒leu am g﬑﬌﬒ır oır ﬉﬌tla﬑.
﬌franc coroı a c﬉oc﬉ol﬌n.
llıa﬑ſ eu teru﬌ſc am eu teru﬌n.
⮪areceı en amern g﬑erin goa﬒u﬑﬌n.
aer ﬌ſ﬌ gul﬑﬌﬒ n﬌ gw﬌﬒ n﬌ grin.
⮙﬑﬌n ﬌ ﬋﬌t ﬌r eneıt ae ﬉aro﬇﬌n.



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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.