Thursday, November 15, 2012

Yet another test. If the lyrics aren't familiar, Carl Orff's music will be. Think aftershave, infant Antichrist. Verses are numbered in case of lack of indication of verse beginning and ending.

1.
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.


2.
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.


4.
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!


"egestatem
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem"

(Melt my poverty, Fortuna, melt their power)

1 comment:

Jemmy Hope said...

WAYHAY! Cracked it!