God is like the pelican 
That makes its nest atop the tallest tree
And the wicked bird, coming from below,
Kills its chicks, so foul is it.
The father returns, distressed and anguished,
Kills himself with his own beak, and with the blood of his suffering 
Immediately brings his chicks back to life.
God did the same at the time of his passion:
With his sweet blood he redeemed his children 
From the Devil, who was too powerful.

The reward for this is weak and inadequate,
For no one any longer has goodness, justice or mercy,
Rather pride and deception prevail,
Cruelty, treachery and ostentation.
Our situation is now extremely perilous;
And let them set no example
Who so love quarrels and commotion
— That is, clerics who have left their sermons 
To wage war and to kill people —
None of them was ever a believer in God.

Our head makes all our members suffer,
So it is quite natural that we complain of it to God;
And he finds many great sins among the barons
Which he weighs when any wishes to be found worthy;
And among the people many deserve blame
Who know too well how to lie and deceive;
They bring evil upon one another;
And whoever seeks evil will not lack for it.
If one chases away minor evil as best he is able,
Great evil will not remain in his heart.

We should carefully observe in history 
The battle that took place between two dragons,
As is found in the book of the Bretons,
In which the castle had to fall down:
It is this world that must be overthrown,
If God does not bring the battle to an end.
One must bring forth the skill of Merlin 
To foretell that which is to come.
But the Antichrist is coming, this we can know,
With the maces brandished by the Enemy.

Do you know who the foul and vile birds are
That kill God and his little children?
The hypocrites, whose name is not unsoiled,
As they are vile and foul and evil;
They kill all the simple folk,
Who are God's children, with their false words.
Hypocrites make the world stumble;
By the divine Father, may they meet with evil;
They have taken away joy and comfort and peace,
And they will carry a heavy burden in Hell.

Now may God allow us to love and serve him,
And the Lady, who must not be forgotten,
And may he protect us forevermore
From evil birds with venom in their beaks!