posted on Jun, 2 2003 @ 05:21 AM
O Fortuna (Chorus) ------- O Fortune
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!
[Edited on 2-6-2003 by Nans DESMICHELS]