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Cover Introduction Main Index Further Study Carmina Burana 1. O Fortuna 2. Fortunae plango vulnera 3. Veris laeta facies 4. Omnia sol temperata 5. Ecce gratum 6. Tanz - (instrumental) 7. Floret silva nobilis 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir 9. Swaz hie gat umbe 10.Were diu werlt alle min 11. Aestuans interius 12. Olim lacus colueram 13. Ego sum abbas 14. In taberna quando sumus 15. Amor volat undique 16. Dies, nox, et omnia 17. Stetit puella 18. Circa mea pectora 19. Si puer cum puella 20. Veni, veni, venias 21. In trutina 22. Tempus est iocundum 23. Dulcissime 24. Ave formosissima |
13. EGO SUM ABBASA mock liturgy. Several parodies of a religious nature have survived from the Middle Ages; this one is put in the mouth of the Abbot of Never-never land, Cockaigne. Secta Decii was an expression used of gamblers; wafna is apparently an expletive used by the Abbot's victim to express his sorrow and anger; the last three lines are addressed by the latter to Luck, not to the Abbot. EGO SUM ABBASEgo sum abbas Cucaniensis et consilium meum est cum bibulis, et in secta Decii voluntas mea est, et qui mane me quaesierit in taberna post vesperam nudus egredietur, et sic denudatus veste clamabit: Wafna, wafna! quid fecisti, Sors turpissima? nostrae vitae gaudia abstulisti omnia! I am the Abbot of Cockaigne and my counsel is with soaks, and my pleasure is in the order of gamblers and whoever seeks me early in the tavern will leave naked after vespers, and stripped of his clothing he will cry: Wafna, wafna! What have you done, Luck most foul! You have taken away all the joys of our life! |
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