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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) |
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Mecum omnes plangite! (everyone weep with me!) |
