by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Fortune plango vulnera
Language: Latin
Fortune plango vulnera stillantibus ocellis, quod sua mihi munera subtrahit rebellis. Verum est, quod legitur: fronte capillata, sed plerumque sequitur occasio calvata. In Fortune solio sederam elatus, prosperitatis vario flore coronatus; quicquid tamen 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.
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), "Fortune plango vulnera", 1935-6 [ chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Piango della sorte le offese (Coro)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Lloro las heridas de la 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: 24
Word count: 66