Potentiam praepolentem invoco trinitatis
Virtutem nativitatis Christi cum eia eius baptismi
Virtutem amoris seraphim in obsequio angelorum
A hedge of trees surrounds me
The blackbird's lay sings to me
Well do I write under the greenwood
The trilling birds chant to me
Well do I write under the greenwood
In a gray mantle from the top of the bushes the cuckoo sings