Текст и перевод песни Carl Orff, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine & Chicago Symphony Chorus - Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna"

Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "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 defectus
Semper in angaria
Hac in hora
Sine mora
Corde pulsum tangite
Quod per sortem
Sternit fortem
Mecum omnes plangite!

Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna"

O Fortune,
Like the moon
Ever changing
You are always increasing
Or decreasing
Despicable life,
Now you harden,
Then you soften,
Playing tricks on the mind.
Poverty,
Power,
You dissolve them like ice.

Unjust Fate,
And fleeting,
Your capricious wheel
Of good and evil
Empty hope,
Always fragile
Clouded
And veiled
You also strive for me
Now through play
My bare back
Bears the burden of your crime

Fate of salvation
And virtue
For me, now my curse,
Is both a blessing
And a flaw,
Always in bondage.
At this hour,
Without delay,
Strike the string of the heart.
That by chance,
Throws down the strong,
Mourn with me, all of you!