Trans.: Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens will approach. “Penitentiam agite, appropinquabit enim regnum coelorum.” Trans.: Then his butt let out a vulgar song.

Trans.: It is necessary for you to allow jokes after some serious, but still to carry also these in a dignified manner. “Admittenda tibi ioca sunt post seria quaedam, sed tamen et dignis et ipsa gerenda modis.”

Trans.: On the habits and behavior of monks Trans.: We damn buffoonery or words that are idle or start laughter in all places with an eternal ban, and we do not permit the disciple to open his mouth for such discourse. “Scurrilitates vero vel verba otosia et risum moventia aeterna clausura in omnibus locis damnamus, et ad talia eloquia discipulum aperire os non permittitur.” Trans.: The fool raises his voice in laughter. Trans.: The poets named fables after fando because they are not things done, but only created with words. “fabulas poetae a fando nominaverunt, quia non sunt res factae sed tantum loquendo fictae.” Trans.: Little book on the Antichrist Vespers Trans.: Do not speak words that are vain or give rise to laughter. See Donald McGrady, ' Poetry by Reinmar von Zweter in Eco's Il nome della rosa,' The Italianist, 17(1), pp. As a side note, the topsy-turvy images described by Malachi right below these lines (arriving on a blue goose, etc.) are also taken from work by the same author. Update: I finally managed to track down the source of the verse, which turns out to be a thirteenth-century work called Leich by Reinmar von Zweter. My translation necessarily remains an approximation. The translation was in part pieced together via this Italian translation which I in turn received generous help with from Sara Orpheu. [These lines of verse are in a medieval form of German, which I can only read very poorly. Trans.: All miracles be kept quiet about, Trans.: Flavius Claudius Giordanus's On the age of the world and specific letters preserved by that man in specific books, from A all the way to Z “Flavii Claudii Giordani de aetate mundi et hominis reservatis singulis litteris per singulos libros ab A usque ad Z” Trans.: The art of speaking and comprehending in the Hebrew language “Ars loquendi et intelligendi in lingua hebraica”

I the name of the rose