Ego sum abbas

I Am the Abbot

Ego sum abbas

I am the abbot of CucaniensisEgo sum abbas Cucaniensis
and my counsel is with drinkers,et consilium meum est cum bibulis,
and in the sect of Decius is my will,et in secta Decii voluntas mea est,
and whoever seeks me in the tavern in the morning,et qui mane me quesierit in taberna,
after evening will go out naked,post vesperam nudus egredietur,
and thus stripped of clothing will cry out:et sic denudatus veste clamabit:

Woe, woe!Wafna, wafna!
what have you done, most shameful fate?quid fecisti sors turpissima?
You have taken awayNostre vite gaudia
all the joys of our lives!abstulisti omnia!