CARMINA AMERICANA
(O Fortuna Lyrics)

O Fortuna

velut luna

statu variabilis

semper crescis

aut decrescis

vita detestabilis

nunc obdurat

et tunc curat

ludo mentis aciem            

egestatem

potestatem

dissolvit ut glaciem

O Fortune,

like the moon

you are changeable,

ever waxing

and waning;

hateful life

first oppresses

and then soothes

as fancy takes it;

poverty

and power

it melts them like ice.