Poems from the Book of Taliesin, ed., amended, & tr. by J. Gwenogvryn Evans. 1915 [Leather Bound]

by Anonymous

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Genres: Poetry

Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1915

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Taliesin is important for being one of the earliest poets, or bards, in recorded history. People don’t realize some of our earliest written works are recorded as being in poetic verse. When translated into other languages they’re sometimes given prose interpretations not by the original author. There are several reasons why they rhyme, and some still prefer the normal, non-rhyming versions.
Taliesin is the son of Elffin, who was raised by Cerridwen. Reality is made out of language and meaning, and I personally think it is interesting to read and study how our ancestors interacted and what it may mean for today.
Taliesin wrote about the wind in his poems, which interacts with the trees, and plants, to record history in its own way. The animals can be conscious of it too, which reveals the truth, so people don’t like it. The point is, some behavior today was “noticed” by people back then, and the stories reference it so that preservation can remind and keep us conscious of what’s going on.

[Kris · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is to be avoided! It's an extremely dated translation. Dated in the sense that scholarship in Middle Welsh has come on in leaps and bounds since this was done.

There are two much better, and relatively inexpensive translations reflecting current scholarship, available. "The Book of Taliesin" translated by Rowan Williams and Gwyneth Lewis; and "The Taliesin Sourcebook" translated by Frank Olding.

If you have deep pockets and want the 'standard' scholarly edition, go for Marged Haycock's translations.