O Fortuna - Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Salzburg Mozarteum Chorus, Kurt Prestel

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

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

changeable,

ever growing

waning

hateful life

now it is hard

and then soothes

fancy relaxing

poverty,

power

like ice.

Fate

and empty

you're rolling wheel

bad status,

vain salvation

always fades

overshadowed

and veiled

you plague me too;

now through the game

bare back

I am proposing your guilt.

Fate of salvation

and virtue

now opposite to me

is affected

and defects

always on duty.

In this hour

without delay

the heart beat

by lot

strikes down the brave

All weep with me!