This is the original version of the poem Ry Dyrchaffwy Duw (The Exultation of God) 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.

⮧﬌ ⮔﬌rc﬉aff﬑﬌ ⮔u﬑

⮧﬌ ﬒﬌rc﬉af﬑﬌ ﬒u﬑ ar l﬑﬌ff ﬇﬌t﬉on
ar﬑﬌﬒ lleen﬌﬒ llu﬌﬒ o ﬋on.
﬌ffr﬌e﬒ gw﬌ne﬒ ﬇﬌s gochoec﬌on.
ffa﬑ claer o o aer kaffael g﬑﬌ſtlom.
﬈o﬌s ﬒﬌﬇﬌﬒ant ﬒﬑﬌ſ ﬌g ﬌fleu﬒on.
⮙﬑﬌r gou﬌n go﬌nt ar eu ﬒e﬒uon.
⮔eulu ﬌﬒ aut ﬇﬌﬒ant g﬌on.
﬌n ﬋n re﬒﬌f ﬋n eır ﬌eır ﬌mon.
﬌franant ﬌n ıa﬑n ere﬒ıg﬌a﬑n ﬋aon.
﬈an el﬌c﬉ ﬌r r﬌n am l﬌n aeron.
﬈an ﬋o r﬑m ﬌ı a t﬉eıuı auon.
﬋﬌ g﬑nant aer ar ﬋﬌s am l﬌s lon﬌on.
 geunıſ a﬒eıſ ﬌n oll﬑﬌t﬉on.
﬌ not﬉﬑﬌ ﬒ınaoe﬒ rac ﬌r ﬑﬌t﬉on.
D﬌nclut. ﬒﬌n maerut ﬒﬌n dar﬌fon .
n﬌t oe﬒ l﬑﬌r ﬒eg﬌n ﬒﬌n rıe﬒on
﬈an ﬒﬌fu gatalla﬑n
ddoſ eıg﬌a﬑n ıer﬒on.
﬌﬒ arefn﬑﬌s nef﬑﬌ ﬌n ar﬒nefon.
eın﬌a﬒on moch cl﬌﬑w﬌f eu gofalon.
⮴arc﬉a﬑c lu mo aer am gaer llıon.
 ﬒ıal ı﬒al ac aran﬌n﬌on.
 g﬑are elre a hen ſaeſon.
﬌s tra﬇lu﬒﬌o ﬌ gat﬉ ﬋eıt﬉ ae ﬉af﬌fıeıt﬉on.
o r﬌t ar tara﬒﬌r ﬉﬌t ﬌ ﬌m ot﬉ ﬑﬌g﬌r ﬌ mon.
Ieuanc ﬒ı﬒﬑﬌nas ﬒ınaſ maon.
⮣ an am﬌gır mel a meıllon.
⮙a﬒ent eu ﬉amr﬌﬒ar ae hamr﬌on.
﬌t ﬒ı﬑﬌st﬌l godı﬒ıc ﬑t﬉ alon.
⮧﬌﬒﬌rc﬉af﬑﬌ ﬒u﬑ ar pl﬑﬌f ﬇﬌t﬉on. a. ll.



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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.