Vajradhara
One of Many
Namaste all,
so... i was listening to some music recently.. a selection of classical music that have become popular through movies, television and other forms. in any case, i was listening to a piece that is pretty common in scenes where they want to set a dramatic or cataclysmic setting. it's often called Carmina Burana however that is the title of a whole collection of medieval poems that were set to music back in the 1950s.
i suppose the right causes and conditions were never present until now
in any case... i just looked up the words to the song...and i was surprised. i suppose that if i spoke Latin i would have known what they were going on about 
without further ado:
O Fortune,
just as the moon
Stands constantly changing,
always increasing
or decreasing;
Detestable life
now difficult
and then easy
Deceptive sharp mind;
poverty
power
it melts them like ice.
Fate—monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
stand malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game,
my bare back
I bring to your villainy.
Fate, in health
and in virtue,
is now against me
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating string;
since through Fate
strikes down the strong,
everyone weep with me!
here's a link to the music:
Carl Orff ? Carmina Burana - O Fortuna ? Video, listening & stats at Last.fm
the band tunes up for 45 secs or so and the music starts about 1 min in and last (this movement anyway) for just over 2 mins and 35 seconds.
metta,
~v
so... i was listening to some music recently.. a selection of classical music that have become popular through movies, television and other forms. in any case, i was listening to a piece that is pretty common in scenes where they want to set a dramatic or cataclysmic setting. it's often called Carmina Burana however that is the title of a whole collection of medieval poems that were set to music back in the 1950s.
i suppose the right causes and conditions were never present until now
in any case... i just looked up the words to the song...and i was surprised. i suppose that if i spoke Latin i would have known what they were going on about without further ado:
O Fortune,
just as the moon
Stands constantly changing,
always increasing
or decreasing;
Detestable life
now difficult
and then easy
Deceptive sharp mind;
poverty
power
it melts them like ice.
Fate—monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
stand malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game,
my bare back
I bring to your villainy.
Fate, in health
and in virtue,
is now against me
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating string;
since through Fate
strikes down the strong,
everyone weep with me!
here's a link to the music:
Carl Orff ? Carmina Burana - O Fortuna ? Video, listening & stats at Last.fm
the band tunes up for 45 secs or so and the music starts about 1 min in and last (this movement anyway) for just over 2 mins and 35 seconds.
metta,
~v
lol