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!
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O Fortuna
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Therion |