• Carl Orff

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O Fortune

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
always waxing
or 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,
stand malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through trickery,
I bring my bare back
to your villainy.
 
Fate, in health
and in virtue,
is against me,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating string;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!
 
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O Fortuna

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IceyIcey
   Thu, 13/11/2025 - 19:55

The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation.

IceyIcey
   Thu, 13/11/2025 - 20:37

The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation.