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Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Latin and English translation.
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O Fortuna
velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurate 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! |
O Fortune,
like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing and waning; hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it; poverty and power it melts them like ice. Fate - monstrous and empty, you whirling wheel, you are malevolent, well-being is vain and always fades to nothing, shadowed and veiled you plague me too; now through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy. Fate is against me in health and virtue, driven on and weighted down, always enslaved. So at this hour without delay pluck the vibrating strings; since Fate strikes down the string man, everyone weep with me! |
User Comments:Who: kaaaaka
When: October 5th, 2005
Says: first
Who: tophunter
When: October 14th, 2005
Says: second.
Anyway, great song.
Who: lee
When: October 21st, 2005
Says: what an amazing song
Who:
When: October 31st, 2005
Says: One of the all time most powerful songs.
Who: Og
When: December 5th, 2005
Says: Always a staple in many movies and commercials. Go see the movie Excalibur to see how well this works
Who: jen
When: March 3rd, 2006
Says: amazing. what a powerful piece. and i usually like metal music!
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from u24:
see also: helium vola, omnis mundi creatura.
Who: Jack
When: April 10th, 2006
Says: One of the greatest pieces of music ever composed. Proudly a part of my own collection.
Who: Eric
When: April 27th, 2006
Says: I listin to this song before i go into a fight. i am a karate champion and i use it to get myself into the mood to put a seriousness into a fight over all its so powerful that it makes you feel like you want to wage war with claymores all over again
Who: Nacia
When: May 1st, 2006
Says: im addicted to this.i listen to it when i go running. keeps the blood flowing
Who: evil possom
When: June 26th, 2006
Says: man someone must of been sad to translate that lot.
and man these people are sad to leave notes on this website
i must be sad to write this as well
yay were all sad
man im bore
and man your all ugly
by the way im gonna kill you all starting with you, and then you, followed by you, and i almost forgot YOU !!!!
Who: Jack
When: June 28th, 2006
Says: Who the heck lets these poeple deface this forum, should the be monitorring this forum, evil possom indeed. O furtuna is a realy amazing song and I love singing it in the shower in a loud forsetto voice.
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from u24:
I will implement a CAPTCHA image in October, when I have decent net access ;-)
Who: Brother Jim
When: July 8th, 2006
Says: This song is an overture to Satan and all you heathens will burn in the eternal fires of Hell for listening to it!
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from u24:
and that's why I love it!
Who:
When: August 19th, 2006
Says: This is the best text ever. It eats away at your soul.
Who: Drizzit124
When: November 2nd, 2006
Says: This is by far the most epic song ive heard ever what a way to get the blood flowing it just brightes youre mood listening to it!
Who: abigail1969
When: December 31st, 2006
Says: I just went to see Carmina Burana last night at Birmingham Symphony Hall (UK). It was very moving, my boyfriend cried and that doesn't happen often. Now I'm anoying my kids by singing the dying swan bit in my operatic voice. ha ha
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from u24:
fantastic! always wanted to see it myself :)
Who: Andy
When: June 12th, 2007
Says: Was this really an overture to satan? I'm not sure I'm too comfortable with that......
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lol. did you even read the translation?
Who: synfan6661
When: August 28th, 2007
Says: im pretty sure its not an overture to satan, it was written by latin monks in the 1300's...i mean, why would a monk try to worship satan??
Who: curious
When: August 30th, 2007
Says: Brother jim can you please elaborate on what you said?
Who: opinion
When: September 24th, 2007
Says: its not about satan. i would imgine it is monks who understood how men on earth have desires and weaknesses that will hinder them from ever staying on "top" and acheiving enlightment. the song is about the weakness and downfall of men. it is very well done, its extremely moving and inspiring. though, the lyrics don't support that as its says that because of fate life will end up doomed. I believe the message, as its from monks, (i imagine Christian) is to find a way to overcome, to understand your desires and weaknesses, and stay humble because the forces working are for more powerful than any man.
Who: mora
When: November 10th, 2007
Says: the heavens shall open
and hell be visible
Who: Amir
When: January 2nd, 2008
Says: Shut It U Crazy Monk !
Its Not abou fucking satan
Who: Micah
When: January 3rd, 2008
Says: Mm... I like it. I've obviously heard the song tons of times in movies, etc, but never knew what it was saying. Depressing, if you didn't know why it was written.
Thanks for the translation!
Who:
When: January 20th, 2008
Says: O Fortuna is one of the most melodramatic songs ever made by any artist in any genre in any medium anywhere. No matter what you are doing, if O Fortuna is playing, it feels like you are doing something very important! LOL! Never mind that it seems to be a song about getting tazered for no good reason. And I dont mean melodramatic in a bad way, like I would if we were talking about Flight of the Valkyries, or Eye of the Tiger, or something like that. This song can beat up those songs.
Who: DevZer0
When: March 9th, 2008
Says: Thanx very much for posting this... I used to sing it in choir and never knew what it meant... beautiful song...
Who: wotannnn
When: May 8th, 2008
Says: The greatest melodramatic songs ever made ; i agree
would love to add that LATIN language is just marvelous ; sad to know that it is disappearing .
O fortuna.
Who: Tim
When: July 12th, 2008
Says: Relating to Excalibre - jahtruth.net/glaston.htm
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