1. 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! 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir die min wengel roete, damit ich die jungen man an ir dank der minnenliebe noete. Seht mich an, jungen man! Lat mich iu gevallen! Minnet, tugentliche man, minnechliche frouwen! Minne tuot iu hoch gemuot unde lat iuch in hohen eren schouwen. Seht mich an, jungen man! Lat mich iu gevallen! Wol die, werlt, das du bist also freudenriche! Ich wil dir sin undertan durch din liebe immer sicherliche. Seht mich an, jungen man! Lat mich iu gevallen! 9. Swaz hie gat umbe, daz sint allez megede, die wellent an man alle disen sumer gan. Chume, chum, geselle min, ih enbite harte din, ih enbite harte din, chume, chum, geselle min. Suozer rosenvarwer munt, chum unde mache mich gesunt, chum unde mache mich gesunt, suozer rosenvarwer munt. 19. Si puer cum puellula moraretur in cellula, felix coniunctio. Amore succrescente, pariter e medio propulso procul taedio, fit ludus ineffabilis membris, lacertis, labiis. 21. In trutina mentis dubia fluctuant contraria2 lascivus amor et pudicitia. Sed eligo quod video, collum iugo praebeo; ad iugum tamen suave transeo. | 1. Oh Fortuna1 like the moon your state varies, always either in ascendancy or in descendancy; detestable life now hard and then providing with sharpness of mind in its game, poverty, power reduced like melting ice. Fate inhuman and empty, you ever turning wheel, evil state, empty salutation amounting to nothing, in shadow and in veil you likewise advance upon me; now with your games bare-backed am I by your wickedness. Personification of health and virtue now you are against me, inclined or disinclined always in servitude. Come, now at this time without delay here to the stricken heart; since luck strikes down fortune, everyone lament with me! 8. Merchant, give me some colour that will redden my cheeks, so that the young men thereby seek my love. Take a look at me, young men! Let me please you! Gallant men, you are loved by loving women! Love puts you in high spirits and shows you in greater honour. Take a look at me, young men! Let me please you! Hail to thee, world, in that you are thus so full of joy! I would give myself unto thee, always secure through your love. Take a look at me, young men! Let me please you! 9. Those that go about here, they are all girls who'd spend the whole summer long without a man. Come, come, my own true love, I ache of waiting for you, I ache of waiting for you, come, come, my own true love. Sweet, rose-coloured mouth, come and make me sound, come and make me sound, sweet, rose-coloured mouth. 19. If you are a boy with a girl fooling about in a room: Blessèd Union. Love grows equally out of their midst, tedium is driven far away, a game beyond description results, involving genitalia, arms, lips. 21. To and fro in the balance of my mind Waver conflicting Lustful love and chastity. But I choose how I see things: I proffer my neck to the yoke; To the yoke also sweet I give myself over. |