O Fortuna O Fortune,
velut luna like the moon
statu variabilis, you are changeable,
semper crescis ever waxing
aut decrescis; and waning;
vita detestabilis *hateful life*
nunc obdurat *first oppresses*
et tunc curat *and then soothes*
ludo mentis aciem, *as fancy takes it;*
egestatem, poverty
potestatem *and power*
Sors immanis et inanis *Fate - monstrous and empty,*
rota tu volubilis, *you whirling wheel,*