O Fortuna(拉丁文) /O Fortune(英译文) /命运女神(中译文)
O Fortuna, /O Fortune, /哦，命运啊，
velut luna /like the moon /如月亮般
statu variabilis, /you are changeable, /变幻无常，
semper crescis /ever waxing /时而满盈
aut decrescis; /and waning; /时而缺虚；
vita detestabilis /hateful life /可恨的人生啊,
nunc obdurat /first oppresses /先是坎坷
et tunc curat /and then soothes /后又平顺
ludo mentis aciem, /as fancy takes it; /如被命运玩于股掌；
egestatem, /poverty /无论贫贱
potestatem /and power /还是富贵
dissolvit ut glaciem. /it melts them like ice. /终如冰雪融化般消逝。
Sors immanis /Fate - monstrous /命运之轮
et inanis, /and empty, /诡异虚无，
rota tu volubilis, /you whirling wheel, /无情地不停转动，
status malus, /you are malevolent, /恶毒残酷，
vana salus /well-being is vain /将美满与幸福
semper dissolubilis, /and always fades to nothing, /转瞬摧毁成空，
obumbrata /shadowed /藏身阴影，
et velata /and veiled /迷离莫辨，
michi quoque niteris; /you plague me too; /亦将我折磨；
nunc per ludum /now through the game /此刻听凭运气
dorsum nudum /I bring my bare back /赤手空拳
fero tui sceleris. /to your villainy. /向你讨个公道。
Sors salutis /Fate is against me /命运与我为敌
et virtutis /in health 摧残健康,
michi nunc contraria, /and virtue, /打击意志，
est affectus /driven on /无情打击
et defectus /and weighted down, /残暴压迫，
semper in angaria. /always enslaved. /奴役我心。
Hac in hora /So at this hour /就在此刻
sine mora /without delay /再莫迟疑
corde pulsum tangite; /pluck the vibrating strings; /拨响悲伤的挽歌；
quod per sortem /since Fate /为被命运
sternit fortem, /strikes down the string man, /所击败的强者，
mecum omnes plangite! /everyone weep with me! /皆与我一同饮泣悲叹吧！
- 专辑：Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
- 歌手：Robert Shaw
- 歌曲：Carl Orff: Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra - Introduction, Fortune
