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.
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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.
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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!
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O Fortune, like the moon, you are changeable
Ever waxing and waning;
detestable life
First oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it;
Poverty and power dissolves like ice.
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Fate inhuman and inane, whirl you inconstant wheel,
You are malevolent; vain salvation always dissoluble,
Darkened and veiled you curse me too;
Now through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy.
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Fate is against me in health and virtue,
Driven on and weighted down, always enslaved.
So at this hour without delay pluck the pulsating strings;
Since Fate strikes down the strong man, everyone weep with me!
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