Gweith Argoet Llwyfein Kanu Vryen
Book of Taliesin f.28v, 60
One of the poems indentified by Sir Ifor Williams as being by the historical Taliesin. The poem concerns a battle in which Urien defeats the Saxon leader Fflamddwyn.
| 1 | E Bore duw sadwrn kat auu. | 60.8 | |
| 2 | or pan dwyre heul hyt pan gynnu. | ||
| 3 | dygrysswys flamdwyn yn petwar llu. | 60.9 | |
| 4 | godeu areget yymdullu. | 60.10 | |
| 5 | dyuwy o argoet hyt arvynyd. | 60.11 | |
| 6 | ny cheffynt eiryos hyt yr vn dyd. | ||
| 7 | Atorelwis flamdwyn vawr trebystawt. | 60.12 | |
| 8 | Adodynt yggwystlon aynt parawt. | 60.13 | |
| 9 | Ys attebwys. Owein dwyrein ffossawt. | 60.14 | |
| 10 | nyt dodynt nyt ydynt nyt ynt parawt. | ||
| 11 | Achenu vab coel bydei kymwyawc | 60.15 | |
| 12 | lew. kyn astalei owystyl nebawt. | 60.16 | |
| 13 | Atorelwis vryen vd yrechwyd. | 60.17 | |
| 14 | o byd ymgyfaruot am gerenhyd. | ||
| 15 | dyrchafwn eidoed oduch mynyd. | 60.18 | |
| 16 | Ac am porthwn wyneb oduch emyl. | 60.19 | |
| 17 | A dyrchafwn peleidyr oduch pen gwyr. | ||
| 18 | Achyrchwn fflamdwyn yny luyd. | 60.20 | |
| 19 | Alladwn ac ef ae gyweithyd. | 60.21 | |
| 20 | Arac gweith argoet llwyfein | 60.22 | |
| 21 | bu llawer kelein. | ||
| 22 | Rudei vrein rac ryfel gwyr | 60.23 | |
| 24 | Agwerin agrysswys gan einewyd. | ||
| 25 | Arinaf yblwydyn nat wy kynnyd. | 60.24 | |
| 26 | Ac yny vallwyfy hen | 60.25 | |
| 27 | ym dygyn agheu aghen. | ||
| 28 | ny bydif ymdyrwen | 60.26 | |
| 29 | na molwyf vryen. |
Llyfryddiaeth:
Text:
Evans, J Gwenogvryn, Facsimile & Text of the Book of Taliessin (Llanbedrog, 1910), p.60.
Williams, Ifor, Canu Taliesin (Caerdydd, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1960), VI.
Parry, Thomas, The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse (Oxford, 1964), pp.2-3.
Williams, Ifor, The Poems of Taliesin, English Version by J E Caerwyn Williams (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1968), VI.
Text and Translation:
Jones, O; Williams, E; Pughe, W O; The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 2nd ed. (Denbigh, 1870), pp.48-49.
Nash, D W, Taliesin; or, The Bards and Druids of Britain (London, 1858), pp.99-100. (Unreliable)
Evans, J Gwenogvryn, Poems from the Book of Taliessin (Llanbedrog, 1915), pp.88-91. (Highly unreliable)
Pennar, Meirion, Taliesin Poems (Llanerch, 1988), pp.71-76.
Translations:
Skene, W F, The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Edinburgh, 1868), pp.365-366. (Unreliable)
Conran, Anthony with Williams, J E Caerwyn, The Penguin Book of Welsh Verse (Harmondsworth, 1967), p.73.
Clancy, J P, The Earliest Welsh Poetry (London, Macmillan, 1970), pp.30-31.