Lyrics and translation Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
O
Fortuna
O
Fortune
Velut
luna
Like
the
moon
Statu
variabilis
Your
fickle
nature
Semper
crescis
Ever
waxing
Aut
decrescis
Or
waning
Vita
detestabilis
Life,
so
detestable
Nunc
obdurat
Now
hardens
Et
tunc
curat
Then
relents
Ludo
mentis
aciem
Testing
the
sharpness
of
our
minds
Egestatem
Poverty
Potestatem
Power
Dissolvit
ut
glaciem
Dissolved
like
ice
Sors
immanis
Fate
relentless
Et
inanis
And
empty
Rota
tu
volubilis
You,
ever-turning
wheel
Status
malus
Ill-favored
Vana
salus
Hopeless
Semper
dissolubilis
Ever
fleeting
Obumbrata
Overshadowed
Et
velata
And
veiled
Michi
quoque
niteris
You
beckon
me
too
Nunc
per
ludum
Now
playfully
Dorsum
nudum
My
bare
back
Fero
tui
sceleris
Bears
the
weight
of
your
crime
Sors
salutis
Fate
of
survival
Et
virtutis
And
virtue
Michi
nunc
contraria
Now
confront
me
Est
affectus
There's
favor
Et
defectus
And
failure
Semper
in
angaria
Always
in
bondage
Hac
in
hora
In
this
hour
Sine
mora
Without
delay
Corde
pulsum
tangite
Strike
the
chords
upon
your
heart
Quod
per
sortem
For
fate
Sternit
fortem
Strikes
down
Mecum
omnes
plangite
Mourn
with
me,
all
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1
Requiem In D Minor, K 626 - Dies Irae (From: Amadeus)
2 Hansel and Gretel: Overture
3 Turandot - Aria "Nessun Dorma" (From: The Witches of Eastwick)
4 Chorus Of The Witches: Che Faceste? (From "Macbeth")
5 The Planets, Op. 32: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
6 The Planets, Op. 32: Neptune, the Mystic
7 The Planets, Op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War
8 The Planets, op. 32, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
9 The Thieving Magpie - Overture (From: A Clockwork Orange)
10 Praeludium & Fuge in E-Flat Major, BWV 552
11 Fantasie & Fuge in A Minor, BWV 561
12 Prelude Und Fugue In G, BWV 541
13 Organ Concerto in D Minor - Reconstruction - Allegro
14 Praeludium (Fantasie) & Fuge in G Minor, BWV 542
15 Organ Concerto In D Minor - Adagio
16 Passacaglia C Minor - BWV 582
17 Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
18 Messiah: No. 10: Accompagnato: "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover"
19 Nightmare On Elm Street
20 La Valse
21 Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
22 Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor - Adagietto (From Death In Venice)
23 The Procession To The Scaffold (From "Symphonie fantastique")
24 Nocturnes - Symphonic Triptych For Orchestra And Chorus: Sirens
25 Marcia Funebre - Excerpt From Symphony No. 3, Eroica
26 Symphony No. 7 In A, Op. 92 - II. Allegretto (From Immortal Beloved)
27 Für Elise (From Immortal Beloved)
28 Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral" - II. Molto Vivace (From: A Clockwork Orange)
29 Nutcracker - Waltz Of The Flowers
30 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Summoning Of The Ancestors
31 Dying Breaths
32 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)
33 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Ritual Of The Ancestors
34 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Mystical Circles Of The Young Girls
35 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Introduction: Largo
36 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Glorification Of The Chosen Victim
37 Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring)Part 1: The Adoration Of The Earth - The Augurs Of Spring (Dance Of The Girls)
38 Funeral March (from Piano Sonata No. 2)
39 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Minor Funeral March - 3rd Movement
40 Piano Sonata No. 2 In B-Flat Minor - III. Marche Funebre
41 Hymnus: Asolis Ortus Cardine
42 Offertorium: Terra Tremuit
43 Sequenz: Veni Sancte Spiritus
44 Communio: Factus Est Repente
45 Mystic Procession
46 Gregorian Feelings
47 Dance Of Sacrifice
48 Mystic Monestary
49 The Exorcist
50 Witches' Sabbath
51 Dance Of The Demented Goblins
52 Sound FX 2: Ghosts Galore
53 Atramchasis Epos
54 The Hall Of Mysteries
55 Residence Of Horror
56 Witches Procession
57 The Nutcracker Op. 71: The The Sugar-Plum Fairy And The Prince
58 Welcome To My House
59 The Phantom's Organ
60 The Haunted Palace: A Tale By Edgar Allan Poe
61 Circus Raucous
62 Dance of Black Angels
63 Laugh Of Death
64 Lord Of The Night
65 Vital Organ
66 Psycho: Suite
67 Götterdämmerung - Siegfried's Death & Funeral March
68 Twilight Of The Gods: Funeral March
69 Ride of the Valkyries
70 Méphistophélès: Dance Around The Golden Calf (From "Faust")
71 Violin Concerto No. 1 In E Major, Op. 8/1, RV. 269 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Spring'
72 Violin Concerto In G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV. 315 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Summer'
73 Violin Concerto In F Minor, Op. 8/4, RV. 297 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Winter'
74 Violin Concerto No. 3 In F Major, Op. 8/3, RV. 293 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Autumn'
75 Danse Macabre
2 Hansel and Gretel: Overture
3 Turandot - Aria "Nessun Dorma" (From: The Witches of Eastwick)
4 Chorus Of The Witches: Che Faceste? (From "Macbeth")
5 The Planets, Op. 32: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
6 The Planets, Op. 32: Neptune, the Mystic
7 The Planets, Op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War
8 The Planets, op. 32, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
9 The Thieving Magpie - Overture (From: A Clockwork Orange)
10 Praeludium & Fuge in E-Flat Major, BWV 552
11 Fantasie & Fuge in A Minor, BWV 561
12 Prelude Und Fugue In G, BWV 541
13 Organ Concerto in D Minor - Reconstruction - Allegro
14 Praeludium (Fantasie) & Fuge in G Minor, BWV 542
15 Organ Concerto In D Minor - Adagio
16 Passacaglia C Minor - BWV 582
17 Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
18 Messiah: No. 10: Accompagnato: "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover"
19 Nightmare On Elm Street
20 La Valse
21 Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
22 Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor - Adagietto (From Death In Venice)
23 The Procession To The Scaffold (From "Symphonie fantastique")
24 Nocturnes - Symphonic Triptych For Orchestra And Chorus: Sirens
25 Marcia Funebre - Excerpt From Symphony No. 3, Eroica
26 Symphony No. 7 In A, Op. 92 - II. Allegretto (From Immortal Beloved)
27 Für Elise (From Immortal Beloved)
28 Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral" - II. Molto Vivace (From: A Clockwork Orange)
29 Nutcracker - Waltz Of The Flowers
30 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Summoning Of The Ancestors
31 Dying Breaths
32 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)
33 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Ritual Of The Ancestors
34 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Mystical Circles Of The Young Girls
35 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Introduction: Largo
36 Part 2: The Sacrifice - Glorification Of The Chosen Victim
37 Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring)Part 1: The Adoration Of The Earth - The Augurs Of Spring (Dance Of The Girls)
38 Funeral March (from Piano Sonata No. 2)
39 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Minor Funeral March - 3rd Movement
40 Piano Sonata No. 2 In B-Flat Minor - III. Marche Funebre
41 Hymnus: Asolis Ortus Cardine
42 Offertorium: Terra Tremuit
43 Sequenz: Veni Sancte Spiritus
44 Communio: Factus Est Repente
45 Mystic Procession
46 Gregorian Feelings
47 Dance Of Sacrifice
48 Mystic Monestary
49 The Exorcist
50 Witches' Sabbath
51 Dance Of The Demented Goblins
52 Sound FX 2: Ghosts Galore
53 Atramchasis Epos
54 The Hall Of Mysteries
55 Residence Of Horror
56 Witches Procession
57 The Nutcracker Op. 71: The The Sugar-Plum Fairy And The Prince
58 Welcome To My House
59 The Phantom's Organ
60 The Haunted Palace: A Tale By Edgar Allan Poe
61 Circus Raucous
62 Dance of Black Angels
63 Laugh Of Death
64 Lord Of The Night
65 Vital Organ
66 Psycho: Suite
67 Götterdämmerung - Siegfried's Death & Funeral March
68 Twilight Of The Gods: Funeral March
69 Ride of the Valkyries
70 Méphistophélès: Dance Around The Golden Calf (From "Faust")
71 Violin Concerto No. 1 In E Major, Op. 8/1, RV. 269 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Spring'
72 Violin Concerto In G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV. 315 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Summer'
73 Violin Concerto In F Minor, Op. 8/4, RV. 297 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Winter'
74 Violin Concerto No. 3 In F Major, Op. 8/3, RV. 293 - 'The Four Seasons': 'Autumn'
75 Danse Macabre
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