Carmina Burana (Orff)/Fortune plango vulnera

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II. Fortune plango vulnera

Fortune plango vulnera
stillantibus ocellis,
quod sua michi munera
subtrahit rebellis.

Verum est, quod legitur,
fronte capillata,
sed plerumque sequitur
occasio calvata.

In Fortune solio
sederam elatus,
prosperitatis vario
flore coronatus;

Quicquid enim florui
felix et beatus,
nunc a summo corrui
gloria privatus.

Fortune rota volvitur:
descendo minoratus;
alter in altum tollitur;
nimis exaltatus.

Rex sedet in vertice
-caveat ruinam!-
nam sub axe legimus
Hecubam reginam.