| O Fortuna, velut Luna statu variabilis
| Fortune, like the moon you are changeable
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| Semper crescis aut decrescis;
| You are always growing or declining;
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| Vita detestabilis
| Hateful life
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| Nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludomentis aciem
| Now it's hard and then takes care of the game line
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| Egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem
| Need, power melts like ice
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| Sors immanis et inanis, rotatu volubilis
| The fate of the huge and empty, rolling wheel
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| Status malus, vana salus semper dissolubilis
| A bad state, a futile salvation, always disintegrating
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| Obumbrata et velata michi quoque niteris;
| Shadowed and veiled you also look upon me;
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| Nunc per ludum dorsum nudum ferotui sceleris
| Now through the game the bare back of the brutal crime
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| Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria
| The fate of health and strength is now against me
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| Est affectus et defectus semper in angaria
| There is emotion and failure always in the mix
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| Hoc in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite;
| Touch this in an hour without delay to the beating of the heart;
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| Quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite !! | That spread the strong through the lot, mourn with me all !! |