Antal Dorati Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, No 1: O Fortuna Lyrics

O Fortuna O Fortune,
velut lunalike the moon
statu variabilis, you are changeable,
semper crescisever waxing
aut decrescis;and waning;
vita detestabilis hateful life
nunc obduratfirst oppresses
et tunc curat and then soothes
ludo mentis aciem,as fancy takes it;
egestatem,poverty
potestatemand power
dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice.

Sors immanisFate - monstrous
et inanis,and empty,
rota tu volubilis,you whirling wheel,
status malus, you are malevolent,
vana saluswell-being is vain
semper dissolubilis,and always fades to nothing,
obumbrata shadowed
et velata and veiled
michi quoque niteris; you plague me too;
nunc per ludumnow through the game
dorsum nudumI bring my bare back
fero tui sceleris.to your villainy.

Sors salutisFate is against me
et virtutis in health
michi nunc contraria, and virtue,
est affectusdriven on
et defectus and weighted down,
semper in angaria.always enslaved.
Hac in hora So at this hour
sine mora without delay
corde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings;
quod per sortem since Fate
sternit fortem, strikes down the string man,
mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me!

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