Friday, February 15, 2013

O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, specifically the first piece called O Fortuna, has been used in many films and theatrical trailers over the years.  The epic tone evokes images of armored knights on horseback riding out to battle - perfect soundtrack for John Boorman's 1981 classic, Excalibur.  The following are the lyrics to the piece, which was originally written as a poem in Latin.  After that, check out the "misheard lyrics" version of it for an ever better appreciation for its awesomeness.

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.

Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obumbrata
et velata
michi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.

Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!




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