Ego sum abbas
Ego sum abbas Cucaniensis
et consilium meum est cum bibulis,
et in secta Decii voluntas mea est,
et qui mane me quesierit in taberna,
post vesperam nudus egredietur,
et sic denudatus veste clamabit:
Wafna, wafna!
quid fecisti sors turpissima?
Nostre vite gaudia
abstulisti omnia!
I Am the Abbot
I am the abbot of Cucaniensis
and my counsel is with drinkers,
and in the sect of Decius is my will,
and whoever seeks me in the tavern in the morning,
after evening will go out naked,
and thus stripped of clothing will cry out:
Woe, woe!
what have you done, most shameful fate?
You have taken away
all the joys of our lives!