Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Est is third person singular affectus and defectus are masculine adjectives so this line is not about Fate, which is feminine, and not about 'me', the poet, who it first person. 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. I do not quite understand the est affectus et defectus semper in angaria passage. quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite since Fate strikes down the strong, everyone weep with me nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem mecum omnes plangite first oppresses and then soothes playing with mental. driven on and weighted down, always enslaved. (2) Good health and good luck have turned away from me my wishes and failings remain at her whim. est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Sors salutis et virtutis mihi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. At this hour without delay touch the strings! Because through luck she lays low the brave, all join with me in lamentation! ( ) Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Orff: Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - O. (1) The chance of prosperity and of virtue is not now mine whether willing or not, a man is always liable for Fortune's service. Michi nunc contraria est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Annis 1935-1936, carmen O Fortuna in musicam conversum est a Germanico musicographo Carolo Orff in cantata Carmina Burana Nas usus est.

Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite Allusiones culturales. I looked through various translations and am amazed by how much they differ from one another: est affectus et defectus semper in angaria.

Est affectus et defectus semper in angaria.