In Taberna Quando Sumus

In the Tavern When We Are

In Taberna Quando Sumus

In the tavern when we areIn taberna quando sumus
We don’t care who’s on the groundNon curamus quit sit humus
But we rush to the gameSed ad ludum properamus
To which we always sweatCui semper insudamus
What happens in the tavernQuid agatur in taberna
Where money is the bartenderUbi nummus est pincerna
This is the job to be soughtHoc est opus ut queratur
If I speak, let it be heardSi quid loquar, audiatur

Some play, some drinkQuidam ludunt, quidam bibunt
Some live recklesslyQuidam indiscrete vivunt
But in the game who lingersSed in ludo qui morantur
From these some get strippedEx his quidam denudantur
Some get dressed thereQuidam ibi vestiuntur
Some are dressed in sacksQuidam saccis induuntur
There no one fears deathIbi nullus timet mortem
But for Bacchus, they cast lotsSed pro baccho mittunt sortem

First for the money of winePrimo pro nummata vini
From this, the libertines drinkEx hac bibunt libertini
Once they drink for the captivesSemel bibunt pro captivis
After this, they drink three times for the livingPost haec bibunt ter pro vivis
Four times for all ChristiansQuater pro christianis cunctis
Five times for the faithful departedQuinquies pro fidelibus defunctis
Six times for vain sistersSexies pro sororibus vanis
Seven times for woodland soldiersSepties pro militibus silvanis

Eight times for perverse brothersOcties pro fratribus perversis
Nine times for scattered monksNonies pro monachis dispersis
Ten times for sailorsDecies pro navigantibus
Eleven times for those in discordUndecies pro discordantibus
Twelve times for the penitentDuodecies pro penitentibus
Thirteen times for those on a journeyTredecies pro iter agentibus
For the pope as well as the kingTam pro papa quam pro rege
They all drink without lawBibunt omnes sine lege

The lady drinks, the lord drinksBibit hera, bibit herus
The soldier drinks, the cleric drinksBibit miles, bibit clerus
He drinks, she drinksBibit ille, bibit illa
The servant drinks, with the maidBibit servus, cum ancilla
The swift drinks, the slow drinksBibit velox, bibit piger
The white drinks, the black drinksBibit albus, bibit niger
The steady drinks, the wandering drinksBibit constants, bibit vagus
The unrefined drinks, the magician drinksBibit rudis, bibit magus

The poor and the sick drinkBibit pauper et egrotus
The exile and the unknown drinkBibit exul et ignotus
The boy drinks, the old man drinksBibit puer, bibit canus
The bishop and the dean drinkBibit presul et decanus
The sister drinks, the brother drinksBibit soror, bibit frater
The old woman drinks, the mother drinksBibit anus, bibit mater
This one drinks, that one drinksBibit ista, bibit ille
They drink a hundred, they drink a thousandBibunt centum, bibunt mille

A little over six hundred coinsParum sexcente nummate
Last, when they drink excessivelyDurant, cum immoderate
They all drink without a limitBibunt omnes sine meta
Even if they drink with a merry mindQuamvis bibant mente leta
Thus, all nations mock usSic nos rodunt omnes gentes
And thus we will be needyEt sic erimus egentes
Those who mock us be confoundedQui nos rodunt confundantur
And with the righteous not be writtenEt cum iustis non scribantur

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