O Fortuna

<br>O Fortuna O Fortune,<br>velut luna like the moon<br>statu variabilis, you are changeable,<br>semper crescis ever waxing<br>aut decrescis; and waning;<br>vita detestabilis hateful life<br>nunc obdurat first oppresses<br>et tunc curat and then soothes<br>ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it;<br>egestatem, poverty<br>potestatem and power<br>dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice.<br><br>Sors immanis Fate - monstrous<br>et inanis, and empty,<br>rota tu volubilis, you whirling wheel,<br>status malus, you are malevolent,<br>vana salus well-being is vain<br>semper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing,<br>obumbrata shadowed<br>et velata and veiled<br>michi quoque niteris; you plague me too;<br>nunc per ludum now through the game<br>dorsum nudum I bring my bare back<br>fero tui sceleris. to your villainy.<br><br>Sors salutis Fate is against me<br>et virtutis in health<br>michi nunc contraria, and virtue,<br>est affectus driven on<br>et defectus and weighted down,<br>semper in angaria. always enslaved.<br>Hac in hora So at this hour<br>sine mora without delay<br>corde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings;<br>quod per sortem since Fate<br>sternit fortem, strikes down the string man,<br>mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me!