In taberna quando sumus When we are in tavern    non curamus quid sit humus, we do not think how we will go to dust   sed ad ludum properamus, but we hurry to gamble    cui semper insudamus. which always makes us sweat   Quid agatur in taberna what happens in the tavern   ubi nummus est pincerna, where money is lost   hoc est opus ut queratur, you may well ask   si quid loquar, audiatur. and hear what I say      Quidam ludunt, quidam bibunt, some gamble, some drink    quidam indiscrete vivunt. some behave loosely   Sed in ludo qui morantur, but of those who gamble   ex his quidam denudantur some are stripped bare   quidam ibi vestiuntur, some win their clothes   quidam saccis induuntur. some are dressed in sacks   Ibi nullus timet mortem here no-one fears death   sed pro Baccho mittunt sortem: but they throw the dice    in the name of Bacchus   Primo pro nummata vini, first of all it is to the wine-merchant   ex hac bibunt libertini; for the libertines drink   semel bibunt pro captivis, one for the prisoners   post hec bibunt ter pro vivis, three for the living   quater pro Christianis cunctis, four all Christians   quinquies pro fidelibus defunctis, five for the faithful dead    sexies pro sororibus vanis, six for the loose sisters   septies pro militibus silvanis. seven for the footpads in the wood    Octies pro fratribus perversis, eight for the errant   nonies pro monachis dispersis, nine for the dispersed monks    decies pro navigantibus ten for the seamen   undecies pro discordaniibus eleven for the squabblers   duodecies pro penitentibus, twelve for the penitent   tredecies pro iter agentibus. thirteen for the wayfares      Tam pro papa quam pro rege to the Pope as to the king   bibunt omnes sine lege. they all drink without restrain   Bibit hera, bibit herus, the mistress drinks, the master drinks   bibit miles, bibit clerus, the soldier drinks, the priest drinks   bibit ille, bibit illa, the man drinks, the woman drinks   bibit servis cum ancilla, the servant drinks with the maid   bibit velox, bibit piger, the swift man drinks, the lazy man drinks   bibit albus, bibit niger, the white man drinks, the black man drinks   bibit constans, bibit vagus, the settled man drinks, the wanderer drinks   bibit rudis, bibit magnus. the stupid man drinks, the wise man drinks   Bibit pauper et egrotus, the poor man drinks, the sick man drinks   bibit exul et ignotus, the exile drinks,and the stranger   bibit puer, bibit canus, the boy drinks, the old man drinks   bibit presul et decanus, the bishop drinks, and the deacon   bibit soror, bibit frater, the sister drinks, the brother drinks   bibit anus, bibit mater, the old lady drinks, the mother drinks   bibit ista, bibit ille, this lady drinks, that man drinks   bibunt centum, bibunt mille. a hundred drink, a thousand drink      Parum sexcente nummate six hundred pennies would hardly   durant, cum immoderate suffice, if everyone    bibunt omnes sine meta. drinks immoderately and immeasurably   Quamvis bibant mente leta, however much they cheerfully drink   sic nos rodunt omnes gentes we are the ones whom everyone scolds   et sic erimus egentes. and thus we are destitude   Qui nos rodunt confundantur may those who slander us be cursed    et cum iustis non scribantur. and may their names not be written    in the book of the righteous