This is the original version of the poem Trindawt tragywyd (The Eternal Trinity) 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.

⮪rın﬒a﬑t ⮪rag﬌﬌﬒

⮪rin﬒a﬑t trag﬌﬌﬒ a oeu elu﬌﬒.
 g﬑e﬒﬌ elu﬌﬒ a﬒af ﬌n gelu﬌﬒.
 g﬑e﬒﬌ a﬒af ﬒a﬌ goeu eua.
﬌n ıſrael ﬇en﬒ıgeı a oeu murgreı.
⮙﬑﬒ ﬌ g﬌r﬇﬑﬌lleıt. Glan ﬌ g﬌﬌﬒eıt.
Deu﬒ec tref ﬌r ıſrael. d﬑﬌rein g﬌﬌chafael.
Deu﬒ec meı﬇ ﬌r ıſrael. a rooeu ﬒u﬑ ﬉ael.
Deu﬒ec meı﬇ ﬌r ıſrael. ﬇uant g﬌tuaet﬉.
﬒eu﬒ec da ﬒inam. eır mam ae maet﬉
﬋n g﬑r ae cre﬑﬌s crea﬑﬒﬌r ae g﬑naet﬉.
⮴al ﬌ g﬑na a ﬋﬌n﬉o a uo ennaet﬉.
Deu﬒eg meı﬇ ﬌r ıſrael a naet﬉ cul﬑﬌﬒.
mal ﬌ g﬑na a ﬋﬌n﬉o a uo argl﬑﬌﬒.
Deu﬒ec meı﬇ ﬌r ıſrael a naet﬉ ﬒of﬌﬒.
mal ﬌ g﬑na a u﬌n﬉o a ﬋o elu﬌﬒
Deu﬒ec meı﬇ ﬌r ıſrael ﬒﬌mgofu
o ganchat ıeſu. c ﬋n a ae ﬇u
a t﬉eır mam udu. ⮣ na﬒u ﬌ ﬒oet﬉ ra
ac eı﬌﬒﬌﬒ mat.  meır mat great.
a chrıſt ﬋﬌ nert﬉at. rgl﬑﬌﬒ o g﬑enlat
a alaf a eıl﬑ o r﬌﬒.
﬉u ﬇o ﬋﬌ng ﬉﬌nn﬌﬒. gen﬉﬌t geren﬉﬌﬒.



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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.