Cuculus - Alcuin

Heu, cuculus nobis fuerat cantare suetus, Morun the little cuckoo who used to sing to us. quae te nunc rapuit hora nefanda tuis? what unspeakable moment has now snatched you from your friends? Heu, cuculus, cuculus, qua te regione reliqui, Little cuckoo, little cuckoo, where did I leave you? infelix nobis illa dies fuerat! What a wretched day that was for us! Carmina post illum mittamus, carmina luctus Let us send songs after him, songs of sadness, carmina deducunt forte, reor, cuculum. for songs bring a cuckoo back, they say. Sis semper felix utinam, quocunque recedas May you always be happy, and whereever you go sis memor et nostri, semper ubique vale. remember us, and always, everwhere, take care.