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O Fortuna (From "Carmina Burana")
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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Choir
Nic Raine
Conductor
David Temple
Chorus Conductor
Paul Bateman
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Carl Orff
Composer
Michel Hofmann
Librettist
Lyrics
1. fortuna imperatrix mundi (fortune, empress of the world)
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
2. fortune plango vulnera (i bemoan the wounds of fortune)
Fortune plango vulnera
Stillantibus ocellis
Quod sua michi munera
Subtrahit rebellis.
Verum est, quod legitur,
Fronte capillata,
Sed plerumque sequitur
Occasio calvata.
In fortune solio
Sederam elatus,
Prosperitatis vario
Flore coronatus;
Quicquid enim florui
Felix et beatus,
Nunc a summo corrui
Gloria privatus.
Fortune rota volvitur:
Descendo minoratus;
Alter in altum tollitur;
Nimis exaltatus
Rex sedet in vertice
Caveat ruinam!
Nam sub axe legimus
Hecubam reginam.
Writer(s): Carl Orff, Cornelius Oberhauser
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