This is the original version of the poem Urien eg gorffwys (Urien at Rest) 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.

⮬ıen ﬌g ⮙orff﬌s

⮖g goffo﬑﬌s
can r﬌che﬒﬑﬌ſ
ar﬉ ach ﬌nn﬑﬌s.
ame﬒ meue﬒﬑﬌s.
⮴eue﬒﬑﬌ſ me﬒
﬌ouole﬒
a c﬉ein tıre﬒
imi ﬌n r﬌fe﬒.
r﬌fe﬒ ma﬑
ac eur ac a﬑.
c a﬑ ac﬉et
ac﬉﬌frıuet
ac﬉﬌frıu﬌ant.
 ro﬒ı c﬉ant.
c﬉ant oe ro﬒ı
﬌r ﬋﬌ lloc﬉ı.
⮰t la﬒ ﬌t gr﬌c
﬌t ﬋ac ﬌t ﬋﬌c.
﬌t ﬋﬌c ﬌t ﬋ac
﬌t la﬒ ﬌nrac.
race﬒ rot﬉ıt
﬌ ﬋eır﬒ u ﬇﬌t.
⮑﬌t ﬌n geu gan﬌
ıı ﬌t e﬒ant
﬑t﬉ ﬒﬌ e﬌llıs.
Du﬑ r﬌t﬉ erıſ
rıeu ﬌gniſ
rac of﬌n ﬒﬌ bıſ.
nnog﬌at at
﬒ıffreı﬒﬌at g﬑lat.
g﬑lat ﬒ıffreı﬒
at annog﬌at.
gna﬑t am ﬒anat
t﬑﬑f ﬌ſt﬌lat.
﬈﬌ſtalat t﬑r﬑f
ac ﬌uet c﬑r﬑f.
﬑﬑f oe ﬌fet
a c﬉ein trefret
a c﬉ein tu﬒e
imi r﬌anllofet.
ll﬑﬌fen﬌﬒ ﬋an.
ac eırc﬉ ac﬉lan
﬌n ﬋n tr﬌gan
ma﬑ a ﬇﬌c﬉an
alıeın gan
ı﬒ı ae ﬒ı﬒an.
﬌s ı﬒ı goeu
o a gıgleu
﬌ ﬑﬒lı﬒eu.
⮴olaf ın﬉eu
﬒﬌ eıt﬉re﬒eu.
c ﬌n﬌ ﬋all﬑﬌f ﬉en
﬌m ﬒﬌g﬌n ag﬉eu ag﬉en
n﬌ ﬇﬌﬒ıf ﬌m﬒ıren
na mol﬑﬌f ﬋r﬌en.



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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.