Carl Orff - O Fortuna (English Translation) Lyrics[Verse 1]
O Fortune
Like the moon
You are ever-changing
Ever waxing
And waning;
Hateful life
First oppresses
And then soothes
As it fancies;
Poverty
And power
It melts them like ice
[Verse 2]
Fate -- monstrous
And empty
Fate, you whirling wheel
You are malevolent
Well-being is in vain
And always fades to nothing
Shadowed
And veiled
You plague me, too;
Now through the game
I bring my bare back
To your villainy
[Verse 3]
Fate is against me
In health
And virtue
Driven on
And wеighted down
Always enslaved
So at this hour
Without dеlay
Pluck the vibrating strings;
Since Fate
Strikes down the strong man
Everyone weep with me!