Krless (Czech medieval crossover group) - Ecce Torpet Probitas
1.
Ecce torpet probitas,
virtus sepelitur;
fit iam parca largitas,
parcitas largitur;
verum dicit falsitas,
veritas mentitur.
Omnes iura ledunt
et ad res illicitas
licite recedunt.
2.
Regnat avaritia,
regnant et avari;
mente quivis anxia
nititur ditari,
cum sit summa gloria
censu gloriari.
Omnes iura ledunt
et ad prava quelibet
impie recedunt.
3.
Multum habet oneris
do das dedi dare;
verbum hoc pre ceteris
norunt ignorare
divites, quos poteris
mari comparare.
Omnes iura ledunt
et in rerum numeris
numeros excedunt
4.
Cunctis est equaliter
insita cupido;
perit fides turpiter,
nullus fidus fido,
nec Iunoni Iupiter
nec Enee Dido.
Omnes iura ledunt
et ad mala devia
licite recedunt.
5.
Si recte discernere
velis, non est vita,
quod sic vivit temere
gens hec imperita;
non est enim vivere,
si quis vivit ita.
Omnes iura ledunt
et fidem in opere
quolibet excedunt.
Look, integrity is asleep, virtue is in the grave,
generosity becomes stingy, niggardliness is bountifully given,
falsehood speaks the truth, the truth lies.
All violate the laws
and find a lawful way
to things unlawful.
Greed reigns, and greedy men reign also.
Everyone strives maliciously to become rich,
for it is the highest glory to boast about your possessions.
All violate the laws
and fall back wickedly on whatever crookedness
they may devise.
Very burdensome is ‘I give, you give, I gave, to give’.
This word above all others they want to know nothing about,
those rich people whom you can compare to the sea.
All violate the laws,
and in the measure of their wealth
they exceed all measure.
Greed has been ingrafted into all alike.
Trust dies a shameful death. No one is faithful to the faithful,
neither Jupiter to Juno nor Dido to Aeneas.
All violate the laws
and under lawful cover
return to devious evils.
