O Fortuna
Anonymous * Track #1 On Carmina Burana
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The 17th poem in the collection is the basis for one of the most famous pieces of modern music, the opening of Orff’s Carmina Burana. It bemoans the role of chance in making men’s lives miserable.
O Fortuna Lyrics
O Fortuna
Velut luna
Statu variabilis
Semper crescis
Aut decrescis;
Vita detestabilis
Nunc obdurat
Et tunc curat
Ludo mentis aciem
Egestatem
Potestatem
Dissolvit ut glaciem
Sors immanis
Et inanis
Rota tu volubilis
Status malus
Vana salus
Semper dissolubilis
Obumbrata
Et velata
Michi quoque niteris;
Nunc per ludum
Dorsum nudum
Fero tui sceleris
Sors salutis
Et virtutis
Michi nunc contraria
Est affectus
Et defectus
Semper in angaria
Hac in hora
Sine mora
Corde pulsum tangite;
Quod per sortem
Sternit fortem
Mecum omnes plangite!
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