Originally posted by Nans DESMICHELS
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]
Some people say Carmina BURANA is a satanist piece. Some even say that Karl ORFF sold his soul to Satan to be able to compose Carmina BURANA.
They say this because latin sound like an ode to satan in this piece. "Volubilis" "Dissolubilis" Sound like Ebiliss, the name of Satan when he was
still an Angel, in the Quaran.
, Air and Daft Punk (I hate DAFT PUNK, Air, it depend, there last single, "nights" rock, but "love boy" sucks !, , three of
which are likable. I have a CD somewhere by Clair Obscur 
...
Beautiful piece it is, musically I organise it side by side with Mozart's Requiem in my head. 
