it varies slightly from translation to translation depending on what source you use, but basically it's this:
O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing
and waning;
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power,
it melts them like ice.
Fate, monstrous
and empty,
you turning wheel,
you are malevolent,
your favor is idle
and always fades,
shadowed,
veiled,
you plague me too.
I bare my back
for the sport
of your wickedness.
In prosperity
or in virtue
fate is against me,
Both in passion
and in weakness
fate always enslaves us.
So at this hour
pluck the vibrating strings;
because fate
brings down even the strong,
everyone weep with me.
these are the lyrics I found... not sure as to their accuracy, but they seem to be the same across the few websites I found them on...
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!
The complete name in latin is "Fotuna emperatrix mundi". I love this song for starting. I went with my brother. He is not an Ozzy's fan, the only song that he sang was Fortuna emperatrix mundi. Of course he was the only one who knew the lyrics (in latin) I'm sure not even Ozzy knows it!
yes it is o fortuna--carl orff--and not bagging ozzy,,i dont go down that road BUT am getting sick of o fortuna being used so many times by people,movies and commercials---maybe ozzy should use randy rhoads--dee---..what do you oznoids think
Respuestas
thank you very much--for years its been bugging me...
ozzgod your a champion
--
gimpnoid
http://www.metalofoz.com/
Done
it varies slightly from translation to translation depending on what source you use, but basically it's this:
O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing
and waning;
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power,
it melts them like ice.
Fate, monstrous
and empty,
you turning wheel,
you are malevolent,
your favor is idle
and always fades,
shadowed,
veiled,
you plague me too.
I bare my back
for the sport
of your wickedness.
In prosperity
or in virtue
fate is against me,
Both in passion
and in weakness
fate always enslaves us.
So at this hour
pluck the vibrating strings;
because fate
brings down even the strong,
everyone weep with me.
--
www.ozzgod.com
www.conraddelarosa.com
thanx ozzgod--but what is it in english---------
and outlawtorn --wheres scapegoat,i miss our chats
--
gimpnoid
http://www.metalofoz.com/
this has to be the MOST ASKED ??????? of all time on this forum. SCAPEGOAT! MAKE IT STOP!
--
Bleed Black Label Society
Strength Determination Merciless Forever
www.myspace.com/outlawtorn_13
these are the lyrics I found... not sure as to their accuracy, but they seem to be the same across the few websites I found them on...
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!
--
www.ozzgod.com
www.conraddelarosa.com
hey kala im after the lyrics please
--
gimpnoid
http://www.metalofoz.com/
The complete name in latin is "Fotuna emperatrix mundi". I love this song for starting. I went with my brother. He is not an Ozzy's fan, the only song that he sang was Fortuna emperatrix mundi. Of course he was the only one who knew the lyrics (in latin) I'm sure not even Ozzy knows it!
yes it is o fortuna--carl orff--and not bagging ozzy,,i dont go down that road BUT am getting sick of o fortuna being used so many times by people,movies and commercials---maybe ozzy should use randy rhoads--dee---..what do you oznoids think
--
gimpnoid
http://www.metalofoz.com/
"O Fortuna" by Carl Orff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3kvtl59jY4
--
www.ozzgod.com
www.conraddelarosa.com