Fortune plango vulnera (Original)

I lament the wounds of Fortune (Original)

Fortune plango vulnera (Original)

I lament the wounds of FortuneFortune plango vulnera
with weeping eyes,stillantibus ocellis,
because the gifts she made mequod sua michi munera
she takes away rebelliously;subtrahit rebellis;
truly we readverum est quod legitur,
that she has a hairy head,fronte capillata,
but mostly she is baldsed plerumque sequitur
Chance is bald.Occasio calvata.

On Fortune's throneIn Fortune solio
I used to sit raised up,sederam elatus,
crowned with the variousprosperitatis vario
flowers of prosperity;flore coronatus;
whatever I flourished inquicquid enim florui
happy and blessed,felix et beatus,
now I have fallen from the topnunc a summo corrui
deprived of glory.gloria privatus.

Fortune's wheel turns around;Fortune rota volvitur;
I descend diminished;descendo minoratus;
another is raised up high;alter in altum tollitur;
too exaltednimis exaltatus
a king sits at the summit,rex sedet in vertice,
beware of ruin,caveat ruinam,
for under the axle we readnam sub axe legimus
of Queen Hecuba.Hecubam reginam.