Fortune plango vulnera

I lament the wounds of Fortune

Fortune plango vulnera

I lament the wounds of FortuneFortune plango vulnera
with weeping eyesstillantibus ocellis
because the gifts she made mequod sua michi munera
she takes away rebelliously.subtrahit rebellis.
It is true, what is read,Verum est, quod legitur,
with a hairy head,fronte capillata,
but often followssed plerumque sequitur
a bald one.occasio calvata.

On the throne of FortuneIn Fortune solio
I was raised up,sederam elatus,
crowned with the variousprosperitatis vario
flowers of prosperity;flora coronatus;
whatever I flourished inquicquid enim florui
happy and blessed,felix et beatus,
now I have fallen from the highestnunc a summo corrui
prive of glory.gloria privatus.

The wheel of Fortune turns:Fortune rota volvitur:
I descend diminished;descendo minoratus;
another is raised up high;alter in altum tollitur;
too exaltednimis exaltatus
the king sits at the summitrex sedet in vertice
beware of ruin!caveat ruinam!
for under the axis we readnam sub axe legimus
of Queen Hecuba.Hecubam reginam.