2006-12-28 14:54:24 · 3 answers · asked by cmcginthy@sbcglobal.net 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Could it be "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff (Carmina Burana)? Not that this is a 6th century chant. The text is from the 12th century, and Orff is 20th century. But it is in Latin, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has rendered it in their 2004, 2005 and 2006 tours:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra . I don't think it is the one you think of - seems more like a Gregorian chant - but below are the lyrics anyway.
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;
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!
2006-12-29 06:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by AskAsk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish I could help you on this one! I looked up the lyrics on their entire first Christmas album and the song titles on all the others and they don't list the latin anywhere.
The chant is almost certainly from the Catholic Mass, but which part would be hard to say without getting to see the lyrics.
2006-12-28 23:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by Yogini108 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares
2006-12-28 22:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by just tht kid over there 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋