Lyrics:

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
dissolvit ut glaciem............... it melts them like ice.

Sors immanis........................Fate - monstrous
et inanis,..........................and empty,
rota tu volubilis,..................you whirling wheel,
status malus,...................... you are malevolent,
vana salus..........................well-being is vain
semper dissolubilis,................and always fades to nothing,
obumbrata.......................... shadowed