Then the archangel Gabriel, using the Provencal tongue, announces the coming of Christ and tells what the Savior has suffered on earth for the sins of man.

Each strophe is terminated by a refrain, of which the conclusion has the same melody as the first stanza of each of the strophes.

The foolish virgins confess their sins and beg their sisters for help.

They sing in Latin, and their three strophes have a melody different from that of the preceding strophes.

They terminate, like the others, with a sad and plaintive refrain, of which the words are Provencal: "Dolentas! Chaitivas! trop i avem dormit." In modern French this line reads, "Malheureuses! Chetives! Nous avons trop dormi!" The wise virgins refuse the oil and bid their foolish sisters to go and buy it.