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O Fortuna, O Fortune, |
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velut luna like the moon |
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statu variabilis, you are changeable, |
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semper crescis ever waxing |
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aut decrescis; and waning; |
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vita detestabilis hateful life |
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nunc obdurat first oppresses |
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et tunc curat and then soothes |
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ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it; |
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egestatem, poverty |
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potestatem and power |
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dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice. |
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Sors immanis Fate - monstrous |
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et inanis, and empty, |
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rota tu volubilis, you whirling wheel, |
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status malus, you are malevolent, |
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vana salus well-being is vain |
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semper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing, |
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obumbrata shadowed |
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et velata and veiled |
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michi quoque niteris; you plague me too; |
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nunc per ludum now through the game |
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dorsum nudum I bring my bare back |
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fero tui sceleris. to your villainy. |
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Sors salutis Fate is against me |
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et virtutis in health |
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michi nunc contraria, and virtue, |
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est affectus driven on |
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et defectus and weighted down, |
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semper in angaria. always enslaved. |
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Hac in hora So at this hour |
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sine mora without delay |
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corde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings; |
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quod per sortem since Fate |
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sternit fortem, strikes down the string man, |
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mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me! |