Did you see Sean Hannity's opening the other night?

here are the lyrics which are terrifyingly appropriate:

O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

This is from a 13^th century chant people,

eternal verities are involved here

– come on people, argue with me –

have a spine

O Fortuna (English translation)

O Fortuna (O Fortune,)
velut luna (like the moon)
statu variabilis, (Stands constantly changing,)
semper crescis (ever waxing)
aut decrescis; (but waning;)
vita detestabilis (hateful life)
nunc obdurate (now 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, (stand 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, in health)
et virtutis (and virtue,)
michi nunc contraria, ( is against me)
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 strong man,)
mecum omnes plangite! (everyone weep with me!)

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Nothing is quite as satisfying for expressing dispair as Latin, eh?

And yes, I do feel rather apocalyptic. Why do you ask?