O Fortuna
In category Internet on 26 Mar 2007 @ 11:44 am
Found this etc. No one else will care but I find it interesting.
In Roman mythology, Fortuna (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck, but she could be represented veiled and blind, as modern depictions of Justice are seen, and came to represent the capriciousness of life. She is also a goddess of fate.
O FORTUNA (Original Latin lyrics)
O FORTUNA (English translation)
In Roman mythology, Fortuna (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck, but she could be represented veiled and blind, as modern depictions of Justice are seen, and came to represent the capriciousness of life. She is also a goddess of fate.
O FORTUNA (Original Latin lyrics)
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 mihi quoque niteris.
Nunc per ludum, dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris.
Sors salutis et virtutis, mihi 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.
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 mihi quoque niteris.
Nunc per ludum, dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris.
Sors salutis et virtutis, mihi 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 FORTUNA (English translation)
O Fortune, like the moon, of variable state,
You are always waxing and waning, detestable life!
Now you are stubborn and then you treat the alertness of mind like a game.
Neediness and power you dissolve like ice.
Monstrous and inane Luck, you turning wheel,
Evil conditions and vain health are always perishable.
Shadowy and veiled, you contend with me.
Now through a game, I bear the naked back of your misdeed.
The source of health and virtue, now against me.
Is oppressed and forsaken, always in bondage.
Right this hour, without delay, take the pulse of my heart,
Which by chance, prostrates Fortune. Everyone lament with me!
You are always waxing and waning, detestable life!
Now you are stubborn and then you treat the alertness of mind like a game.
Neediness and power you dissolve like ice.
Monstrous and inane Luck, you turning wheel,
Evil conditions and vain health are always perishable.
Shadowy and veiled, you contend with me.
Now through a game, I bear the naked back of your misdeed.
The source of health and virtue, now against me.
Is oppressed and forsaken, always in bondage.
Right this hour, without delay, take the pulse of my heart,
Which by chance, prostrates Fortune. Everyone lament with me!
