Carmina Burana: XIV. In taberna: In taberna quando sumus (When we are in the tavern) - Carl Orff , Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra traduction en anglais

Carmina Burana: XIV. In taberna: In taberna quando sumus (When we are in the tavern)

In taberna quando sumus,
Non curamus quid sit humus,
Sed ad ludum properamus,
Cui semper insudamus.
Quid agatur in taberna
Ubi nummus est pincerna,
Hoc est opus ut quaeratur;
Si quid loquar, audiatur.

Quidam ludunt,
Quidam bibunt,
Quidam indiscrete vivunt.
Sed in ludo qui morantur,
Ex his quidam denudantur,
Quidam ibi vestiuntur,
Quidam saccis induuntur;
Ibi nullus timet mortem,
Sed pro Baccho mittunt sortem.

Primo pro nummata vini;
Ex hac bibunt libertini;
Semel bibunt pro captivis,
Post haec bibunt ter pro vivis,
Quater pro Christianis cunctis,
Quinquies pro fidelibus defunctis,
Sexies pro sororibus vanis,
Septies pro militibus silvanis.
Octies pro fratribus perversis,
Nonies pro monachis dispersis,
Decies pro navigantibus,
Undecies pro discordantibus,
Duodecies pro paenitentibus,
Tredecies pro iter agentibus.

Tam pro papa quam pro rege
Bibunt omnes sine lege.
Bibit hera, bibit herus,
Bibit miles, bibit clerus,
Bibit ille, bibit illa,
Bibit servus cum ancilla,
Bibit velox, bibit piger,
Bibit albus, bibit niger,
Bibit constans, bibit vagus,
Bibit rudis, bibit magus,
Bibit pauper et aegrotus,
Bibit exul et ignotus,
Bibit puer, bibit canus,
Bibit praesul et decanus,
Bibit soror, bibit frater,
Bibit anus, bibit mater,
Bibit ista, bibit ille,
Bibunt centum, bibunt mille.

Parum sescentae nummatae
Durant cum immoderate
Bibunt omnes sine meta,
Quamvis bibant mente laeta;
Sic nos rodunt omnes gentes,
Et sic erimus egentes.
Qui nos rodunt confundantur
Et cum iustis non scribantur.

Carmina Burana: XIV. In taberna: In taberna quando sumus (When we are in the tavern)

When we are in the tavern,
We don't care what the earth is,
But we hurry to the game,
To which we always sweat.
What happens in the tavern
Where money is the butler,
This is the work that should be sought;
If I speak, let it be heard.

Some play,
Some drink,
Some live indiscreetly.
But those who linger in the game,
Some of them are stripped naked,
Some are clothed there,
Some are clothed in sacks;
There no one fears death,
But for Bacchus they cast lots.

First for the money of wine;
From this the libertines drink;
They drink once for the captives,
After that they drink three times for the living,
Four times for all Christians,
Five times for the faithful dead,
Six times for the vain sisters,
Seven times for the woodland soldiers.
Eight times for the perverse brothers,
Nine times for the dispersed monks,
Ten times for the sailors,
Eleven times for the discordant,
Twelve times for the penitents,
Thirteen times for those who are traveling.

Both for the pope and for the king
They all drink without law.
The mistress drinks, the master drinks,
The soldier drinks, the clergy drinks,
He drinks, she drinks,
The servant drinks with the maid,
The swift drinks, the slow drinks,
The white drinks, the black drinks,
The constant drinks, the vagrant drinks,
The rude drinks, the magician drinks,
The poor and sick drink,
The exile and the unknown drink,
The child drinks, the old man drinks,
The bishop drinks and the dean,
The sister drinks, the brother drinks,
The old woman drinks, the mother drinks,
This one drinks, that one drinks,
A hundred drink, a thousand drink.

Six hundred coins are not enough
They last when they drink immoderately
They all drink without end,
Although they drink with a happy mind;
Thus all the peoples gnaw at us,
And thus we will be poor.
May those who gnaw at us be confounded
And not be written down with the righteous.