O Fortuna---------------------O Fortune,
velut luna-------- -------------like the moon
statu variabilis, -------------you are changeable,
semper crescis------------------ever waxing
aut decrescis;----------------and waning;
aut decrescis;----------------and waning;
p>vita detestabilis-------------hateful life
nunc obdurat---------------first oppresses
nunc obdurat---------------first oppresses
et tunc curat----------------and then soothes
ludo mentis aciem,--------as fancytakes it;
egestatem, ------------------poverty
potestatem-------------- ----and power
dissolvit ut glaciem.------it melts them like ice.
Sors immanis------------ --Fate - monstrous
et inanis,--------------------and empty,
rota tu volubilis,- ---------you whirling wheel,
status malus,--------------you are malevolent,
vana salus ------------------ well-being is vain
semper dissolubilis,------and always fades to nothing,
obumbrata-----------------shadowed
et velata------------------------ and veiled
michi quoque niteris;----you plague me too;
nunc per ludum----------now through the game
dorsum nudum-----------I bring my bare back
fero tui sceleris.-----------to your villainy.
Sors salutis-----------------Fate is against me
et virtutis-------------- ------in health
michi nunc contraria, ---and virtue,
est affectus---------------- --driven on
et defectus-------------------and weighted down,
semper in angaria.--- ------always enslaved.
Hac in hora------------------So at this hour
sine mora ---------------------without delay
corde pulsum tangite;-----pluck the vibrating strings;
quod per sortem------------since Fate
sternit fortem, ---------------strikes down the string man,
p>mecum omnes plangite!--everyone weep with me!
Oh fate,
like the moon
changeable,
Alternating between ups and downs;
A hateful life
Intertwining suffering
with happiness;
Whether you are poor or lowly
And wealth
all melt and die like ice and snow.
Terrible and vain
The wheel of fortune,
you turn ruthlessly,
you are vicious and cruel,
< p>Destroy all happinessand beautiful expectations,
shrouded in shadow
confused and indistinguishable
You also knocked me down ;
Disaster struck
My naked back
was mercilessly crushed by you.
Fate destroys
my health
and will,
mercilessly strikes
cruelly oppresses ,
Leave me in servitude for the rest of my life.
At this moment
Don’t hesitate;
For the most fearless warrior
has also been defeated by fate,< /p>
Let the strings ring,
Join me in mourning and weeping!