Music by :- Carmina Burana

Roger Israel Presents

"O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem

You have heard this choral piece in many movies,

like The 13th Warrior

now know what it means! Next comes translation

O FORTUNAO Fortuna,velut Lunastatu variabilis,semper crescisaut decrescis;vita detestabilisnunc obduratet tunc curatludo mentis aciem;egestatem,potestatem,dissolvit ut glaciem.

O Fortune,like the moonyou are changeable,always waxingor waning;hateful lifefirst oppressesand then soothesas fancy takes it;povertyand powerit melts them like ice.

Fate – monstrousand empty,you whirling wheel,stand malevolent,well-being is vainand always fades to nothing,shadowedand veiledyou plague me too;now through trickery,I bring my bare backto your villainy.

Fate, in healthand in virtue,is against me,driven onand weighted down,always enslaved.So at this hourwithout delaypluck the vibrating string;since Fatestrikes down the strong man,everyone weep with me!