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 dicethrowers