awake| 3. | Ah Fortune, Like the moon You are constantly changing, Ever waxing And waning; Hateful life First oppresses And then soothes As fancy takes it; Poverty And power It melts them like ice. | 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. |
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Answer: Carl Orff. O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana. (Lyrics from an anonymous poem in the 13th century Carmina Burana poetry collection.) (Guessed by
dolique and sigma7)Where you've probably heard it: Its most famous use is when the knights ride out from Camelot in the movie Excalibur, but it has also been (over)used all over the place since then. There's even a techno remix of it, by Apotheosis.
Feudalism: Serf & Turf
