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O Fortuna

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O Fortune,
velut luna

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like the moon
statu variabilis,-you are changeable,
semper crescis----ever waxing
aut decrescis;----and waning;
vita detestabilis-hateful life
nunc obdurat

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first oppresses
et tunc curat

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and then soothes
ludo mentis aciem,-as fancy takes it;
egestatem,

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poverty
potestatem

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and power
dissolvit ut glaciem.-it melts them like ice.
Sors immanis

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Fate monstrous
et inanis,

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and empty,
rota tu volubilis,----you whirling wheel,
status malus,

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you are malevolent,
vana salus

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well-being is vain
semper dissolubilis,--and always fades to nothing,
obumbrata

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shadowed
et velata

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and veiled
michi quoque niteris;-you plague me too;
nunc per ludum

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now through the game
dorsum nudum

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I bring my bare back
fero tui sceleris.----to your villainy.
Sors salutis

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Fate is against me
et virtutis

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in health
michi nunc contraria,-and virtue,
est affectus

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driven on
et defectus

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and weighted down,
semper in angaria.----always enslaved.
Hac in hora

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So at this hour
sine mora

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without delay
corde pulsum tangite;-pluck the vibrating strings;
quod per sortem

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since Fate
sternit fortem,

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strikes down the string man,
mecum omnes plangite!-everyone weep with me!