Every student's favourite

from the Carmina Burana.



Here's another version, with several views of various (unrelated) manuscripts:



For the Latin and translation, you may click on this Carmina Burana website. Many of the rest of the songs are there as well.

For more on the Goliards read:

Books
The Wandering Scholars, by Hellen Waddell, a classic
Wine, Women, and Song by John Addington Symonds
The Goliard Poets: Medieval Songs and Satires in New Verse Translations by George F. Whicher (a treasure I found in a used bookstore in Louisville)

Websites
Wikipedia, Goliard
Goliards by Melissa Snell at About.com.

What can I say? I was trained as a mediaevalist and I'm a Latin Geek. :)

Listening to

Carl Orff's 'O, Fortuna!' from the Carmina Burana



This video provides the words and a translation into English. I've always found it brooding yet stirring.