Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Carmina Burana: O Fortune

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

O fortuneO Fortuna
Like the moonVelut Luna
ChangeableStatu variabilis

Ever growingSemper crescis
Or you decreaseAut decrescis
Hateful lifeVita detestabilis
Now it's hardNunc obdurat
And then soothesEt tunc curat
I am playing a mental gameLudo mentis aciem
PovertyEgestatem
PowerPotestatem
Like iceDissolvit ut glaciem

FateSors immanis
And emptyEt inanis
You are a rolling wheelRota tu volubilis
Bad statusStatus malus
Vain salvationVana salus
Always disintegratingSemper dissolubilis
OvershadowedObumbrata
And veiledEt velata
You look at me tooMihi quoque niteris
Now through the gameNunc per ludum
Back bareDorsum nudum
I will bear your crimeFero tui sceleris

The fate of salvationSors salutis
And of virtueEt virtutis
I now have the oppositeMihi nunc contraria
It is an emotionEst affectus
And failureEt defectus
Always on dutySemper in angaria

In this hourHac in hora
Without delaySine mora
Touch the heartbeatCorde pulsum tangite
That by lotQuod per sortem
It spreads strongSternit fortem
All mourn with meMecum omnes plangite