ﬕ﬌arc﬉ a ﬖaen.

ﬖaen ﬌nn, tra vu[u]m ﬌t﬉ oet
n﬌ set﬉ıt ﬋﬌ lllenn ı a t﬉raet
n﬌t er﬒ıt ﬋﬌n tır ı ﬉e﬇ aet.

ﬖaen ﬌nn, tra ﬋um ﬌t﬉ e﬇﬌n,
am ıeuenctıt ﬌m ﬒ıl﬌n
n﬌ t﬉oreı geſſeıl ﬋﬌n teru﬌n.

ﬖaen ﬌nn, tra ﬋um ﬌t﬉ erlıt
﬌n ﬒ıl﬌n ﬋﬌ ıeuenctıt
n﬌ c﬉areı geſſeıl v﬌g g﬌t﬉lıt.

ﬖaen ﬌nn, ıra u[u]um ı efras
oe﬒﬑lı ﬒﬌al galanas.
gwnawn eıt﬉ret gr ﬌t ﬇﬌﬒n gas.

ﬖaen ﬌nn, me﬒﬌r ﬒ı ﬌n gall.
ang﬉en ﬌ſſueıl ar all.
eıſſ﬌et uaelg﬑n uaer arall.

⮭﬌n ﬒e﬑ıs ﬌ g﬌fnran a'e gaen
arna﬑ ; ﬌n [ll]﬌m meg﬌s ﬒raen.
n﬌t ouer gnıf ﬌m ﬉ogı[f] maen.

⮐nrec r﬌m gallat o ﬒﬌fr﬌n mme﬑﬌n﬌avm
﬌g u﬒ ﬌g lelrn.
A ﬉aearn ll﬌m llas o ﬒wrn.

⮑oet ﬇en﬒ıgeıt ﬌r ag﬉﬌s﬇ell rac﬉,
a ﬒﬌at o ﬒rs ﬌ c﬉ell
maen ﬌nn, nac a﬒a ﬒﬌ g﬌llell —

Zoomorphic drawing from the Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin

The poem is based on the version of the 'Canu Llywarch Hen' (Cycle of Llywarch the Old') englyns found in the Red Book of Hergest with some additions from other manuscripts. The text itself is actually derived from J Gwenogvryn Evans' The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest [Llanbedrog, 1910] (unfortunately the Oxford University digital image of the Llyfr Cooch is missing the pages corresponding to this poem), I have also referred to Ifor Williams' Canu Llywarch Hen to correct errors in Evans' text and to break the poem into sectons and 'voices'. It should be noted that this poem forms part of the Llywarch Hen Cycle of poems and in this the positions of the first and second parts of the poem are reversed.