⮑agla﬑c ﬇﬌﬒ ﬓn ﬇ag﬑﬌ onn

⮑agla﬑c ﬇﬌﬒ ﬓn ﬇ag﬑﬌ onn ﬉﬌eﬓt ﬌n ﬌nn
graen﬌nn tonn .-
trec﬉ no c﬉ant ﬌ul callon.

⮛ﬓr nos go﬒﬌ar moua.
gna﬑wt teru﬌ſc ﬌g﬌manua :
n﬌ c﬉﬌t u﬌﬒ ﬒ﬓr﬌eﬓt a ﬒a .

⮛ﬓr nos go﬒﬌ar m﬌n﬌﬒ .
goc﬉ﬓ﬇an g﬑﬌nt ﬌﬑c﬉ ﬇laen g﬑﬌﬒ .-
n﬌ t﬉﬑﬌ ﬒﬌c an﬌an ﬒et﬌﬒.

Marc﬉﬌eﬓl ﬇e﬒﬑ ﬇ﬓclas.
a ﬒﬌nn u﬌n troet o wanas .-
nac a﬒ef ﬒﬌ rﬓn ﬌ as .

⮡arc﬉﬌eﬓl ﬒er﬑ m﬌﬑n Ill﬑﬌n .
a ﬒﬌nn ﬋﬌nn troet o ga﬒﬌n .
nac a﬒ef rﬓn ﬌ uo﬌n.

⮡archw﬌eﬓl ﬒er﬑ ﬒eﬓl﬌ar .
a ﬒﬌nn ﬋﬌n troet o garc﬉ar .-
nac a﬒ef rﬓn ﬌ lauar –

⮡arc﬉﬌eﬓl ﬒﬌ﬓ a m﬑﬌ar ernﬓ.
a m﬑﬌alch ar ﬌ n﬌th .-
a c﬉el﬌﬒a﬑c n﬌t﬉eu v﬌t﬉ .

⮙la﬑ aann g﬑l﬌c﬉﬌t re﬒﬌n
g﬑﬌nn gro mo goo ew﬌nn .-
tec a gann﬑﬌ ﬑﬌ ﬌ ﬒﬌n.

⮙la﬑ aan ﬌ gan gl﬌﬒﬑
mel﬌n eﬓt﬉ﬓn crﬓn eu﬑.
﬒u﬑ reen ﬌ ﬇ereﬓﬅ l﬌﬋﬑

⮙la﬑ aan g﬑l﬌c﬉﬌t ﬋﬌g g﬑at.
c﬑﬌nuanus gwan ﬒ﬓff﬑﬌s at .-
g﬑el﬑gan g﬑eﬓlgﬓ ﬉elﬓ ﬉at.

⮙la﬑ aan g﬑l﬌c﬉﬌t eﬓg﬌a﬑n.
goc﬉ﬓ﬇an g﬑﬌nt ﬌﬑c﬉ ﬇laen ca﬑n :
g﬑e﬒﬑ o﬇ cam ﬉e﬇ ﬌ ﬒a﬑.

Zoomorphic drawing from the Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin

The is one of the poems missing from the digital images of Llyfr Coch Hergest (Red Book of Hergest) housed at Oxford university. As a result I have had to resort to J Gwenogvryn Evans' excellent faximile text (The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest, Llanbedrog, 1911). 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. Regions of the original manuscript that are undecipherable are represented by [. . .] and damaged regions of the manuscript are represented by open square brackets [ ]. This poem represents one of several hundred in a remarkable collection found at the back of the Red Book of Hergest and represents the first time that the text of this original text of the poem has been made available on the internet. Please note that the transcribing of this poem involved several days' work. If you want to use it then please contact me. You are, of course, welcome to link to his page. In editing this poem I have broken the text into verses; otherwise, the text should be exactly as found in the Red Book of Hergest.