Barddas

I am Taliesin.

I know why the sun rises,
Why the stars shine,
Why the wind has wings,
Why the battle rages

I am Taliesin

I wander through the mists,
And I dance with the Fair folk –
Nothing is hidden from me,
And nothing can hold me.

I am Taliesin.

No chains are strong enough,
No mind is powerful enough,
No heart is hard enough,
For my song.

I am Taliesin

Where the water runs,
Where the trees talk,
Where the grasses are high
There you will find me.

I am Taliesin.

I sang before kings,
I sang to the gods,
In the fields and halls,
In the light and shade.

I am Taliesin.

Cerridwen bore me
Gwydion gave me voice
Loud was my cry
In the still of the night.

I am Taliesin.

Forever I wander,
Forever I sing,
Ninefold blessed
Twelvefold loved.

I am Taliesin.

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Aneirin am I.

Prince among the bards,
Bard among the princes,
Flaming verse,
The storm in the night.

Aneirin am I

Sharpest glance,
Coldest steel,
Strongest voice,
Brightest flame in the dark.

Aneirin am I

Born of kings,
Son of heather and stone,
Nurtured by flame
Of the sacred word.

Aneirin am I

The one who loved,
The one who sang,
The one who saw,
Forever burning one.

Aneirin am I

The voice of Goddodin,
The rage of the nine waves,
The storm of the battlefield,
The blazing one.

Aneirin am I

The truthful one,
The noble one,
The one who had worn
His heart as a shield.

Aneirin am I