Matutinus adest ubi Vesper, et accipiens te

Saepe recusatum voces intelligit hospes

Rusticus ignotas notas, ac flumina tellus

Occupat—In sancto tum, tum, stans Aede caveto

Tonsuram Hirsuti Capitis, via namque pedestrem

Ferrea praeveniens cursum, peregrine, laborem

Pro pietate tua inceptum frustratur, amore

Antiqui Ritus alto sub Numine Romae.

Translation of the above:—

When early morning seems but eve

And they that still refuse receive:

When speech unknown men understand;

And floods are crossed upon dry land.

Within the Sacred Walls beware

The Shaven Head that boasts of Hair,

For when the road attains the rail

The Pilgrim’s great attempt shall fail.