Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - 13. Ego Sum Abbas

13. 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: (Baritone and Male Chorus) Wafna, wafna! quid fecisti sors turpassi Nostre vite gaudia abstulisti omnia! 13. I AM THE ABBOT I am the abbot of Cockaigne and my assembly is one of drinkers, and I wish to be in the order of Decius*, and whoever searches me out at the tavern in the morning, after Vespers he will leave naked, and thus stripped of his clothes he will call out: (Baritone and Male Chorus) Woe! Woe! what have you done, vilest Fate? the joys of my life you have taken all away! * - Decius: the invented Saint of dice-throwers