Carl Orff - 1. O Fortuna (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi) lyrics

Latina [Coro] 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! English [Chorus] O Fortune, like the moon you are ever-changing, ever waxing and waning; hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as it fancies; poverty and power it melts them like ice. Fate -- monstrous and empty, Fate, you whirling wheel, you are malevolent, well-being is in vain and always fades to nothing, shadowed and veiled you plague me, too; now through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy. Fate is against me in health and virtue, driven on and weighted down, always enslaved. So at this hour without delay pluck the vibrating strings; since Fate strikes down the strong man, everyone weep with me!