Translations - O Fortuna (from the Carmina Burana cycle) in Latin, English and P-AdW Adunaic

A hypothetical translation of the real medieval song O Fortuna (Oh, Fortune, the Carmina Burana cycle) from its original Latin lyrics and their English translation into P-AdW Adunaic.

 

 

The original version in Latin:

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!

 

 

 

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English translation based on the Latin original:

O Fortune,
Like the moon
You are changeable,
Ever waxing
Ever waning;
Hateful life
First oppresses
And then soothes
Playing with mental clarity;
Poverty
And power
It melts them like ice.

Fate – monstrous
And empty,
You whirling wheel,
You are malevolent,
Well-being is vain
And always fades to nothing,
Shadowed
And veiled
You plague me too;
Now through the game
I bring my bare back
To your villainy.

Fate is against me
In health
And virtue,
Driven on
And weighted down,
Always enslaved.
So at this hour
Without delay
Pluck the vibrating strings;
Since Fate
Strikes down the strong,
Everyone weep with me!

 

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And now the translation into P-AdW Adunaic:

Ôhh Amaryôz
kibê nîlut
kin arahyabân
nêlum mârad
khya nêlum miyad;
têuwkuwân manpûh
îrdô ugrudâ
ka apan zîrlida
adyalâmâ saphên lakiz;
bayâr
ka abâr
hwa ûrenitê yan bê halak.

Amârn rûgan
ka lûztan
ki gwarîl rukka
ki dolhrûyî
alêmarn alûwarân
ka nêlum awînd admunê,
ugru-dalad
ka hâluwî
ki dulgakûwil yând ni;
îdô ra dyalôt
nitûr herya pârnê kâd
ada kirya lôkhtêwû.

Amârn niada
îm Alwêm
ka izindên,
hôrinada
ka burôdab,
nêlum malên.
Sân zê za-lûmar
kûn hamâd
tingî pardên sarmît
sâpam Amârn
pâlab abârim,
ilkâ nimâ nâinî !

 

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Literal meaning of the translation into P-AdW Adunaic: 

 

Oh Fate-gift

Yu are as (the) Moon

You are changeable *

Always waxing/increasing

Or always waning/decreasing;

Hateful spirit-breath

First overshadows

And then fondles

Plays with mental clarity; **

Weakness

And might

It sun-scorches them like ice

 

Fate monstrous

And empty

Thou whilring wheel

Thou are dark-evil

Well-being is vain

And always evaporates into nothing,

Under shadow

And veil

You dark-plague me also;

Now through that game

I bring my bare back

To your villainy.

 

Fate is against me

In Health

And in virtues,

Drives me towards/forwards

And burdens

Always enslaved.

So at this hour

Without delay

Pluck the trembling strings;

Since Fate

Strikes down the strong

Everyone weep with me !

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* - Fate with a capital F can be personified in masculine grammatical gender, but Fortune is unpersonified and is in neuter grammatical gender. If something is an abstract concept, the Númenoreans state it in neuter gender.

** - i.e. mental clarity, a clarity of the mind, clear thinking