Orff: Carmina Burana: Conclusion, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, No. 25 "O Fortuna" (Chorus)

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