Carl Orff - O Fortuna & Fortune plango vulnera - Latin and English Lyrics

I have come across a few translations of this that are slightly inaccurate. I decided to make my own for educational purposes.

Artwork: A winged woman holding a palm branch in her right hand and a spinning wheel with a small man perched on top in her left, walks past a globe, while a ship with billowing sails is passing by in the background; allegorical figure representing Fortune (Fortuna). A fine impression, the monogram and date (1514) under-inked and printing faintly, a small abrasion at top left corner. An engraving by Hans Sebald Beham.

Artist: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw

Nam sub axe legimus, Hecubam reginam - Under the axle we read, Queen Hecuba - I wrote it down as axis as a literal translation. It is analogous to an axle in this context; one that the wheel of fortune turns on. The name of Hecuba was a suitable inscription for the axle as she was the supreme example of Fortune's malice. From being Queen of Troy, after its sack she suffered such misery; watching her sons slaughtered, as well as being taken herself as a captive of the Greeks, that the gods, out of pity, turned her into a dog.

[Phamtto]

I was looking for this exact recording, thank you!!

[jarebello]

Já tive o prazer de ver e ouvir ao vivo essa magnifica obra musical com a orquestra sinfônica de Campinas SP e o coral da USP, regidos pelo maestro Benito Juarez, que já nos deixou, no teatro de arena de Campinas com o público indo ao delirio. Inesquecível.

[analynwalter]

Fortune plango is my favourite out of them, I'll sing the complete carmina in a month and sang it 1 year ago

[xkirax]

The best translation I found on YT! Thanks!

[yonasalharunzain]

WHEN LIFES STRIKES ME DOWN WITH SADNESS, I COME HERE TO REFUEL MY HEART

[Eza_yuta]

The translation is more make sense than the more popular lyrics and translation videos of this song in YouTube.

[Kuzgunzade]

I'm the Ashen One, I'm the Fallen One, I'm the One Who Will Rise. O Fortuna!

[Sedna]

✨O Fortuna 🎡 Velut Luna 🌒 🌑🌘✨
Saluto Vos, Magnanimus 💙🙏🏻💜 Mecum Sis 🍀

[srbj]

FORTUNE PLANGO VULNERA
Carmina Burana
Carl Orff
Tradução: Dr. Ptah-Hotep

Fortune plango vulnera
Lamento as feridas da Fortuna

Stillantibus ocellis
Com os olhos a prantear

Quod sua michi munera
Pois o que me dera oportuna

Subtrahit rebellis.
Tomou-me a humilhar.

Verum est, quod legitur
No lido devemos crer.

Fronte capillata
Meus fartos cabelos,

Sed plerumque sequitur
Se os deseja tolher,

Occasio calvata
Os fará em flagelos!

In fortune solio
No trono da Sorte estava,

Sederam elatus
No topo sentado.

Prosperitatis vario
E próspero abundava,

Flore coronatus
Com flores ornado.

Quicquid enim florui
Ainda que florescido,

Felix et beatus
Feliz e abençoado,

Nunc a summo corrui
Do cume estou caído,

Gloria privatus
E da Glória privado!

Fortune rota volvitur
Da Fortuna a roda volve.

Descendo minoratus
Dela caio denegrido

Alter in altum tollitur
E célere outro promove

Nimis exaltatus
Muito enaltecido!

Rex sedet in vertice
Encontra-se o rei no ápice.

Caveat ruinam!
Fuja à Fortuna daninha!

Nam sub axe legimus
Posto que se lê em sua axe:

Hecubam reginam.
"Hécuba Rainha"!

Tradução: #Dr. Ptah-Hotep

[BridgetteHalloran-bzbg]

Creative Liberty! I do believe it happens often across the musical platform

[srbj]

O FORTUNA
Carmina Burana
Canção de Carl Orff
Tradução: Dr. Ptah-Hotep.

O Fortuna
Oh! Fortuna!

Velut luna
Como a lua,

Statu variabilis
És variável!

Semper crescis
Sempre a aumentar

Aut decrescis
Ou a diminuir.

Vita detestabilis
A vida tornas detestável!

Nunc obdurat
Ora oprimes,

Et tunc curat
Ora curas.

Ludo mentis aciem,
E de nossa mente escarnece.

Egestatem,
Miséria,

Potestatem
Poder

Dissolvit ut glaciem.
Tudo qual gelo dissolves!

Sors immanis
Fadário hediondo

Et inanis,
E improfícuo.

Rota tu volubilis
Roda inconstante,

Status malus
Perversa és!

Vana salus
Felicidade ilusória

Semper dissolubilis
Sempre a se dissolver.

Obumbrata
Obscura

Et velata
E velada,

Michi quoque niteris
Estás a me seduzir

Nunc per ludum
E, ao teu manipular,

Dorsum nudum
Despido, o dorso

Fero tui sceleris.
Entrego à tua ferocidade!

Sors salutis
A sorte na saúde

Et virtutis
E na virtude

Michi nunc contraria,
Agora a mim é adversa,

Est affectus
E o que concede,

Et defectus
Arrebata!

Semper in angaria.
Sempre a me subjugar,

Hac in hora
Nesta hora,

Sine mora
Sem demora,

Corde pulsum tangite
Com as cordas a reverberar,

Quod per sortem
Quando a Fortuna

Sternit fortem
O forte abate,

Mecum omnes plangite
Todos comigo chorai!

[felix]

Me when I have 10 pages of homeworks to do and 1000 words essay PER SUBJECT to do ON TOP OF THAT FUCKING 4000 words extended essay and cherry on top Im HORRIBLE at school. :) I wana die

[HildegardPacholski]

It is not spelling that this world go round. My very own was a woolfboune Satan.

[axelaraoz]

someone knows the second part of this video what is called?

[pami]

It would be even better with proper pronunciation. Though I have to say it is better than many other American recordings. They at least tried to be accurate. I have heard much worse, similarly bad as when native English speakers try to pronounce scientific names of animals or plants in youtube videos on youtube, which means it ist literally painful to listen to. In this recording the beauty is not (much) disturbed.

[mariadelourdesdasilva]

tudo isso pra ter o que eu ja tenho de graça!!!beijo emiliana.

[federicoclavijo]

Nada detendrá a deus supernova Dyson Sphere lunar conclusión.