Llyfr Taliesin
The Book of Taliesin

The Book of Taliesin is a small manuscript, missing its covers, and thus the beginning of the first poem; luckily, this poem is also contained in the Red Book of Hergest. It contains 56 mostly-complete poems, and a fifty-seventh poem, of which only remains the words: "Darogan Kat"--thought to be "Darogan Katwaladr."

The majority of the translations I am using here are from The Four Ancient Books of Wales, by W. F. Skene, 1858. Unfortunately, they are probably not the most accurate translations, but they are the only ones which, to my knowledge, are public domain. (Even at that I'm not sure, though the book is well out of print.)

I.	Priv Cyfarch	Taliesin's First Address
II	Marwnat y Vil Veib	The Elegy of the Thousand Sons
III	Buarch Beird	The Fold of the Bards
IV	Aduvyneu Taliesin	The Pleasant Things of Taliesin
V		O God, God of Formation
VI	Armes Prydein Vawr	The Great Prophesy of Britain
VII	Angar Kyfyndawt	The Hostile Confederacy
VIII	Kat Godeu	The Battle of the Trees
IX	Mab Gyrfeu Taliesin	The Childhood Achievements of Taliesin
X	Daronwy	Daronwy
XI	Cadau Gwallawc	Song on Lleenawg
XII	Glaswawt Taliesin	The Praise of Taliesin
XIII	Kadeir Taliesin	The Chair of Taliesin
XIV	Kerd Veib am Llyr	Song Before the Sons of Llyr
XV	Kadeir Teyrnon	The Chair of the Sovereign
XVI	Kadeir Kerrituen	The Chair of Cerridwen
XVII	Kanu Ygwynt	The Song of the Wind
XVIII		A rumour has come to me
XIX	Kanu y Med	The Song to Meed
XX	Kanu y Cwrwf	The Song to Ale
XXI	Mic Dinbych	In Praise of Tenby
XXII	Plaeu yr Reifft	The Plagues of Egypt
XXIII	Trawsganu Kynon	The Satire on Cynan Garwyn
XXIV	Lath Moessen	The Rod of Moses
XXV		Song of the Horses
XXVI		The Contrived World
XXVII		On the Face of the Earth
XXVIII		Alexander the Great
XXIX		God the Possessor
XXX	Preiddu Annwn	The Spoils of Annwn, or, The Raid on Annwfn
XXXI	Gwaeith Gwenystrad	The Battle of Gwenystrad
XXXII		A Song for Urien Rheged
XXXIII		A Song for Urien Rheged
XXXIV	Bei Lleas Vryan	A Song for Urien Rheged
XXXV	Gweith Argoet Llwyfein	The Battle of Argoed Llwyfain, song to Urien
XXXVI		A Song for Urien Rheged
XXXVII	Yspeil Taliesin	The Spoils of Taliesin, a Song to Urien
XXXVIII	Kanu Gwallawc	Song on Gwallawg ab Lleenawg
XXXIX	Dadolwch Vryen	The Satisfaction of Urien
XL	Marwnat Erof	The Death-song of Erof [Ercwlf]
XLI	Marwnat Madawg	The Death-song of Madawg
XLII	Marwnat Corroi ap Dayry	The Death-song of Cu-Roi son of Daire
XLIII	Marwnat Dylan eil Ton	The Death-song of Dylan son of the Wave
XLIV	Marwnat Owain ap Vryen	The Death-song of Owain son of Urien
XLV	Marwnat Aeddon	The Death-song of Aeddon
XLVI	Marwnat Cunedda	The Death-song of Cunedda
XLVII	Armes Prydein Bychan	The Lesser Prophesy of Britain
XLVIII	Marwnat Ythyr Pendragwn	The Death-song of Uthyr Pendragon
XLIX		A bright festivity
L		May God exalt
LI		The Eternal Trinity
LII	Gwawt Lud y Mawr	The Praise of Lludd the Greater
LIII		Truly there will be to me a Roman friend
LIV	Ymarwar Llud Bychan	The Reconciliation of Lludd the Lesser
LV	Kanu y Byt Mawr	The Song of the Great World
LVI	Kanu y Byt Bychan	The Song of the Little World
LVII	Darogan Katwal[adyr?]	Darogan Katwaladyr

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