This is the original version of the poem Ymarwar Lludd Bychan (The Dialogue of Lludd the Lesser) 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.

⮰marar llu﬒ ﬇﬌cha

⮖n en﬑ ﬒u﬑ rın﬒a﬑t ar﬒a﬑t ﬌fr﬑﬌s.
ll﬑﬌t﬉ llıa﬑s anua﬑ſ eu ﬉ener﬌s.
﬒﬌ goeſc﬌nnan ﬌﬒ein ıf ﬋an ﬌n﬌ſ.
g﬑﬌r g﬑lat ﬌r aſcıa a g﬑lat garıs.
o﬇﬌l ﬑﬌llat enır eu tır n﬌ ﬌s.
famen go﬌reıs ﬉er﬌﬒ marıſ.
mlaes eu eıeu e ﬑﬌ eu ﬉euelıſ.
 ﬉﬑﬌llat ﬒﬌ ﬋﬌ner o﬇er efnıſ.
euroin arafin arafanıſ.
⮒rıſt﬌a﬑n ﬒ıfr﬌ ﬒ır﬌﬒ ﬒ır﬌﬒ ﬒ılıſ.
﬌n ﬌marar llu﬒ a llefelıſ.
D﬌ſgogea﬑ erc﬉en ﬌ en ﬌n﬌s
rac ennaet﬉ o rufeın ein ﬌ erch﬌s.
﬌t r﬌s ﬌fr﬑﬌s rı r﬑﬌f ﬌ areıt﬉.
r﬌eleı ar﬌eleıſ o ag﬉﬌f﬌eıt﬉.
Dullato er﬌g﬑ern llug﬌rn ﬌m﬒eıt﬉.
⮧ac r﬌uonic ﬌nran ﬇aran go﬒eıt﬉.
⮧﬌tlaſ ma﬇ grat r﬑﬌f ﬌ areıt﬉.
﬌mr﬌ n﬌ ﬒an﬉﬌al r﬌fel ar geıt﬉.
﬈﬌﬒eraf ﬑﬌llat ﬑﬌ ﬌ ﬉﬌mdeıt﬉.
⮑﬌t﬉onıc ﬌nııſ ﬒﬌﬒﬌rc﬉efıs.



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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.