O Fortuna
O Fortune
velut luna
like the moon
statu variabilis
you are changeable
semper crescis
ever waxing
aut decrescis
and waning
vita detestabilis
hateful life
nunc obdurat
first oppresses
et tunc curat
and then soothes
ludo mentis aciem
as fancy takes it
egestatem
poverty
potestatem
and power
dissolvit ut glaciem.
it melts them like ice.
Sors immanis
Fate - monstrous
et inanis
and empty
rota tu volubilis
you whirling wheel
status malus
you are malevolent
vana salus
well-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 ludum
now through the game
dorsum nudum
I bring my bare back
fero tui sceleris.
to your villainy.
Sors salutis
Fate is against me
et virtutis
in health
michi nunc contraria
and virtue
est affectus
driven 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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