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OH FORTUNE
2012.01.14
Last night we saw a ballet version of Orff's Carmina Burana. It has been playing for the longest time and I am glad we finally caught a performance of the Szeged Ballet. It deserves all the praise it got and more...
(I also found some interesting tidbits about the afterlife of this song in the populat media)
(I also found some interesting tidbits about the afterlife of this song in the populat media)
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Carmina Burana - from the film version
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!
O Fortune,
variable
as the moon,
always dost thou
wax and wane.
Detestable life,
first dost thou mistreat us,
and then, whimsically,
thou heedest our desires.
As the sun melts the ice,
so dost thou dissolve
both poverty and power.
Monstrous
and empty fate,
thou, turning wheel,
art mean,
voiding
good health at thy will.
Veiled
in obscurity,
thou dost attack
me also.
To thy cruel pleasure
I bare my back.
Thou dost withdraw
my health and virtue;
thou dost threaten
my emotion
and weakness
with torture.
At this hour,
therefore, let us
pluck the strings without
delay.
Let us mourn together,
for fate crushes the brave.
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!
O Fortune,
variable
as the moon,
always dost thou
wax and wane.
Detestable life,
first dost thou mistreat us,
and then, whimsically,
thou heedest our desires.
As the sun melts the ice,
so dost thou dissolve
both poverty and power.
Monstrous
and empty fate,
thou, turning wheel,
art mean,
voiding
good health at thy will.
Veiled
in obscurity,
thou dost attack
me also.
To thy cruel pleasure
I bare my back.
Thou dost withdraw
my health and virtue;
thou dost threaten
my emotion
and weakness
with torture.
At this hour,
therefore, let us
pluck the strings without
delay.
Let us mourn together,
for fate crushes the brave.
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... for fate crushes the brave... I have CDs of Carmina Burana by Bettina Hoffmann. Like them.
????? · 2012-01-14: 07:52
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To my faves. This is one of your best matched images and words. The photograph is an amazing portrayal of the message. Bravo, Agnes!
danrav · 2012-01-14: 08:45
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Ottimo Post Agnes, complimenti !
borogovoi · 2012-01-14: 10:12
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Very nice with that little patch of yellow in the sky
MoMac · 2012-01-14: 17:43
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Nice sunset!
darfoster · 2012-01-14: 17:49
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Fantastic sky...
mrmeliska · 2012-01-14: 18:22
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Beautiful color!
LisaMarieGeorge · 2012-01-14: 20:23
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Carmina Burana! Ohh.... I'm jalous! I love it.
honzicek · 2012-01-14: 22:02
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i suppose you are familiar with the wonderful music of carl orff? i can't imagine this poem without his brutally passionate, overwhelmingly thrilling music. i wasn't aware there is a movie about it?
stormfish · 2012-01-17: 04:34
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