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 fancytakes 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
et velata---------------------and veiled
michi quoque niteris;----you plague me too;
nunc per ludum----------now through the game
dorsum nudum-----------I bring my bare back
fero tui sceleris.-----------to your villainy.
Sors salutis-----------------Fate is against me
et virtutis--------------------in health
michi nunc contraria, ---and virtue,
est affectus------------------driven on
et defectus-------------------and weighted down,
semper in angaria.---------always enslaved.
Hac in hora------------------So at this hour
sine mora---------------------without delay
corde pulsum tangite;-----pluck the vibrating strings;
quod per sortem------------since Fate
sternit fortem, --------------strikes down the string man,
mecum omnes plangite!--everyone weep with me!
哦命運，
象月亮般
變化無常，
盈虛交替；
可惡的生活
把苦難
和幸福交織；
無論貧賤
與富貴
都如冰雪般融化消亡。
可怕而虛無的
命運之輪，
妳無情地轉動，
妳惡毒兇殘，
搗毀所有的幸福
和美好的企盼，
陰影籠罩
迷離莫辨
妳也把我擊倒；
災難降臨
我赤裸的背脊
被妳無情地碾壓。
命運摧殘著
我的健康
與意誌，
無情地打擊
殘暴地壓迫，
使我終生受到奴役。
在此刻
切莫有壹絲遲疑；
為那最無畏的勇士
也已被命運擊垮，
讓琴弦撥響，
壹同與我悲歌泣號!