Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carmina Burana lyrics
rate me<BR>
<i>[English]</i><br>
<br>
O Fortune,<br>
just as the moon<br>
Stands constantly changing,<br>
always increasing<br>
or decreasing;<br>
Detestable life<br>
now difficult<br>
and then easy<br>
Deceptive sharp mind;<br>
poverty<br>
power<br>
it melts them like ice.<br>
<br>
Fate-monstrous<br>
and empty,<br>
you whirling wheel,<br>
stand malevolent,<br>
well-being is vain<br>
and always fades to nothing,<br>
shadowed<br>
and veiled<br>
you plague me too;<br>
now through the game,<br>
my bare back<br>
I bring to your villainy.<br>
<br>
Fate, in health<br>
and in virtue,<br>
is now against me<br>
driven on<br>
and weighted down,<br>
always enslaved.<br>
So at this hour<br>
without delay<br>
pluck the vibrating string;<br>
since through Fate<br>
strikes down the strong,<br>
everyone weep with me!<br>
<br>
<i>[Latin]</i><br>
<br>
O Fortuna<br>
velut luna<br>
statu variabilis,<br>
semper crescis<br>
aut decrescis;<br>
vita detestabilis<br>
nunc obdurat<br>
et tunc curat<br>
ludo mentis aciem,<br>
egestatem,<br>
potestatem<br>
dissolvit ut glaciem.<br>
<br>
Sors immanis<br>
et inanis,<br>
rota tu volubilis,<br>
status malus,<br>
vana salus<br>
semper dissolubilis,<br>
obumbrata<br>
et velata<br>
mihi quoque niteris;<br>
nunc per ludum<br>
dorsum nudum<br>
fero tui sceleris.<br>
<br>
Sors salutis<br>
et virtutis<br>
michi nunc contraria,<br>
est affectus<br>
et defectus<br>
semper in angaria.<br>
Hac in hora<br>
sine mora<br>
corde pulsum tangite;<br>
quod per sortem<br>
sternit fortem,<br>
mecum omnes plangite!<br>
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<i>[Thanks to Groxx for these lyrics]</i><br>
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