O Fortuna (Coro) | Oh fortuna/ come luna

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

O Fortuna

Language: Latin

Our translations: ITA SPA

  FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI 

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
mihi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.

Sors salutis
et virtutis
mihi 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!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "O Fortuna ", 1935-6 [ chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "O Fortuna", 1935-6 [ chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "O Fortuna (Coro)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Oh, Fortuna", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 37
Word count: 86

O Fortuna (Coro)

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Latin

  FORTUNA SOVRANA DEL MONDO

Oh fortuna
come luna
muti sempre,
sei crescente
o decrescente;
vita odiosa
ora opprime
ora consola
per gioco, la mente;
indigenza,
opulenza,
come ghiaccio scioglie.

Sorte possente
e inconsistente,
ruota cangiante,
natura maligna,
felicità vana
che sempre svanisce,
oscura
e velata
me pure sovrasti;
ora al gioco,
porgo la schiena nuda,
di te scellerata.

Destino di salute
e di virtù
oggi mi è avverso,
sofferente
indebolito
sempre schiavo.
In quest'ora
senza indugio
le vostre corde toccate;
poiché  a caso
abbatte un forte,
con me tutti piangete !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 37
Word count: 91