staple in popular culture , setting the mood for dramatic or cataclysmic situations. [1] See Carl Orff's O Fortuna in popular culture . Latin: O Fortuna velut lunastatu variabilis,semper crescisaut decrescis;vita detestabilisnunc obduratet tunc curatludo mentis aciem,egestatem,potestatemdissolvit ut glaciem.Sors immaniset inanis,rota tu volubilis,status malus,vana salussemper dissolubilis,obumbrataet velatamihi quoque niteris;nunc per ludumdorsum