Sunday, May 07, 2006

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
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!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's sad that I can actually vaguely understand that.

Carla said...

Well, it *is* Latin ;)

Anonymous said...

NON LATINUM DICO.

Carla said...

It just sounds better in the original language!