Carl Orff carmina burana cantiones profanae fortuna imperatrix mundi ii fortunae plango vulnera i bewail the wounds of fate

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O Fortune (O Fortune)
like the moon
variable state (you are changeable)
ever waxing
or decreasing; (and waning;)
life hateful (hateful life) )
need, (poverty)
power (and power)
dissolves like ice. (it melts them like ice.)
Fate - monstrous
et empty, (and empty) (you are malevolent)
vain salvation (well-being is vain)
You also look upon me; (you plague me too;)
now through the game
back bare (I bring my bare back)
bring your crime (to your villainy.)
Fate is against me
and virtue (in health)
and failure (and weighted down)
always in trouble. (always enslaved.)
So at this hour
without delay
touch the pulse of the heart; (pluck the vibrating strings;)
what by lot (since Fate)
spreads the strong, (strikes down the string)
weep all with me! (everyone weep with me!)

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