James Last - Carmina Burana Lyrics
O Fortuna O Fortune,velut luna like the moonstatu variabilis, you are changeable,semper crescis ever waxingaut decrescis; and waning;vita detestabilis hateful lifenunc obdurat first oppresseset tunc curat and then soothesludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it;egestatem, povertypotestatem and powerdissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice.Sors immanis Fate - monstrouset inanis, and empty,rota tu volubilis, you whirling wheel,status malus, you are malevolent,vana salus well-being is vainsemper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing,obumbrata shadowedet velata and veiledmichi quoque niteris; you plague me too;nunc per ludum now through the gamedorsum nudum I bring my bare backfero tui sceleris. to your villainy.Sors salutis Fate is against meet virtutis in healthmichi nunc contraria, and virtue,est affectus driven onet defectus and weighted down,semper in angaria. always enslaved.Hac in hora So at this hoursine mora without delaycorde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings;quod per sortem since Fatesternit fortem, strikes down the string man,mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me!
