Carl Orf Carmina Burana Lyrics

O Fortuna, velut luna, statu variabilis
O Fortune,like the moon,you are changeable

Semper crescis, aut decrescis, vita detestabilis
Ever waxing, and waning, hateful life

Nunc obdurat, et tunc curat, ludo mentis aciem
first oppresses, and then soothes, as fancy takes it

Egestatem, potestatem, dissolvit ut glaciem.
Poverty, and power, it melts them like ice.

Sors immanis, et inanis, rota tu volubilis
Fate monstrous, and empty, you whirling wheel

Status malus, vana salus, semper dissolubilis
You are malevolent, well-being is vain, and always fades to nothing

Obumbrata, et velata, michi quoque niteris
Shadowed, and veiled, you plague me too

Nunc per ludum, dorsum nudum, fero tui sceleris.
Now through the game, I bring my bare back, to your villainy.

Sors salutis, et virtutis, michi nunc contraria
Fate is against me, in health,and virtue

Est affectus, et defectus, semper in angaria.
Driven on, and weighted down, always enslaved.

Hac in hora, sine mora, corde pulsum tangite
So at this hour, without delay pluck the vibrating strings

Quod per sortem, sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite!
Since Fate, strikes down the string man, everyone weep with me!

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