Lyrics of O Fortuna - Estampie

O Fortuna (original)

O Fortuna, velut Luna statu variabilis
Semper crescis aut decrescis;
Vita detestabilis
Nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludomentis aciem
Egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem
Sors immanis et inanis, rotatu volubilis
Status malus, vana salus semper dissolubilis
Obumbrata et velata michi quoque niteris;
Nunc per ludum dorsum nudum ferotui sceleris
Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria
Est affectus et defectus semper in angaria
Hoc in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite;
Quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite !!

(translation)

Fortune, like the moon you are changeable
You are always growing or declining;
Hateful life
Now it's hard and then takes care of the game line
Need, power melts like ice
The fate of the huge and empty, rolling wheel
A bad state, a futile salvation, always disintegrating
Shadowed and veiled you also look upon me;
Now through the game the bare back of the brutal crime
The fate of health and strength is now against me
There is emotion and failure always in the mix
Touch this in an hour without delay to the beating of the heart;
That spread the strong through the lot, mourn with me all !!