Paroles et traduction Corvus Corax feat. Ingeborg Schöpf & Klaus Lothar Peters - O Varium Fortune

O Varium Fortune

O varium fortune lubricum
Dans dubium tribunal iudicum,
Non modicum paras huic premium,
Quem colere tua vult gratia.
Et petere rote sublimia,
Dans dubia tamen, prepostere
De stercore pauperem erigens,
De rhetore consulem eligens.
Edificat Fortuna diruit;
Nunc abdicat quos prius coluit;

O Varium Fortune

O fickle Fortune, treacherous
To the uncertain, tribunal of judges,
Without reservation, you bestow your boon
On the one who your Grace wishes to honour.
Taking turns, you seek the heights,
While nevertheless giving backhanded gifts,
Raising up the pauper from the dung,
Choosing a consul from an orator.
Fortune builds up, Fortune tears down;
Now disowning those she cherished before,