Текст и перевод песни Carl Orff - Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna

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,
Potestamem
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 nora
Cordum pulsum tangite;
Quod per sortem
Sternit fortem,
Mecum omnes plangite!

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortune

O Fortune,
Like the Moon,
You are ever changing,
Always growing
Or decreasing;
Detestable life
Now hardens
And then comforts
With a mind's game,
Poverty,
Power,
Dissolves like ice.

Unstable and
Empty fate,
Your turning wheel,
Evil fortune,
Vain salvation
Always dissolvable,
Shadowed
And veiled
You aim at me, too;
Now through play
With bare back
I bear your evil.

Fate of salvation
And virtue
Now contrary to me,
There is affection
And deficiency
Always in misery.
At this hour
Without rest
Touch the pulse of the heart;
That by chance
It lays low the strong,
With me weep all!