01. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
命运，世界的女皇
O Fortuna (Chorus) O Fortune
合唱 《噢,命运女神》

O Fortuna---------------------O Fortune,
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 fancy takes 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!

合唱：
哦命运，
象月亮般
变化无常，
盈虚交替；
可恶的生活
把苦难
和幸福交织；
无论贫贱
与富贵
都如冰雪般融化消亡。

可怕而虚无的
命运之轮，
你无情地转动，
你恶毒凶残，
捣毁所有的幸福
和美好的企盼，
阴影笼罩
迷离莫辨
你也把我击倒；
灾难降临
我赤裸的背脊
被你无情地碾压。

命运摧残着
我的健康
与意志，
无情地打击
残暴地压迫，
使我终生受到奴役。
在此刻
切莫有一丝迟疑；
为那最无畏的勇士
也已被命运击垮，
让琴弦拨响，
一同与我悲歌泣号！

02. Fortune plango vulnera (I bemoan the wounds of Fortune)
男低音合唱《命运打击的创伤》

Fortune plango vulnera---I bemoan the wounds of Fortune
stillantibus ocellis----------with weeping eyes,
quod sua michi munera--for the gifts she made me
subtrahit rebellis.----------she perversely takes away.
Verum est, quod legitur,--It is written in truth,
fronte capillata,-------------that she has a fine head of hair,
sed plerumque sequitur---but, when it comes to seizing an opportunity
Occasio calvata.-------------she is bald.

In Fortune solio-------------On Fortune's throne
sederam elatus,--------------I used to sit raised up,
prosperitatis vario-----------crowned with
flore coronatus;--------------the many-coloured flowers of prosperity;
quicquid enim florui--------though I may have flourished
felix et beatus,---------------happy and blessed,
nunc a summo corrui------now I fall from the peak
gloria privatus.--------------deprived of glory.

Fortune rota volvitur:-------The wheel of Fortune turns;
descendo minoratus;--------I go down, demeaned;
alter in altum tollitur;------another is raised up;
nimis exaltatus---------------far too high up
rex sedet-----------------------in vertice sits the king at the summit -
caveat ruinam!---------------let him fear ruin!
nam sub axe legimus-------for under the axis is written
Hecubam reginam.----------Queen Hecuba.

合唱：
我在命运的痛击下
残呼痛哭，
你吝啬地施舍
是为了贪婪地勒索。
看这确凿的记载，
曾富饶如那满头的金发,
那一刻却被掠夺一空，
只剩下荒芜一片。

昔日我曾飞黄腾达
高踞命运的宝座，
也曾头戴五彩的皇冠
拥有无穷的财富；
享尽荣华
与富贵，
可如今我栽下高位
荣耀尽被剥夺。

命运之轮无情地转动；
我被抛入深渊；
他人登上高位
雄踞荣耀的颠峰，
得意洋洋的人哪—
也难逃命运的劫难！
命运的轮轴早已记载一切兴亡
如那王后赫古巴。