Paroles et traduction Lucia Popp, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos & Wandsworth School Boys' Choir - Carmina Burana (2001 Digital Remaster): O Fortuna

Carmina Burana (2001 Digital Remaster): O Fortuna

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 deffectus
Semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
Sine mora
Corde pulsum tangite;
Quod per sortem
Sternit fortem,
Mecum omnes plangite!

Carmina Burana (2001 Digital Remaster): O Fortuna

O Fortune
Like the moon
Your state is changeable,
Ever waxing
Or waning;
Loathsome life
Now threatens
And then flatters
The wit of man
Poverty,
Power
It melts like ice.

Fate monstrous
And empty,
You spinning wheel,
Misery
Vain hope
Always dissolving,
Shrouded
And veiled
You shine for me too;
Now by play
My naked back
Bears your evil doing.

Fate of health
And virtue
Now turned against me,
In effect
And defect
Always in bondage.
In this hour
Without delay
Strike the mournful chord;
Which by fate
Fells the brave,
With me all lament!