Oh Fortune (fut)

Oh Fortune (sometimes still called O Fortuna) is the imperial anthem of the Imperial Alliance of America. Originally a medieval Latin Goliardic poem called "O Fortuna", which was written early in the thirteenth century, was part of the collection known as the Carmina Burana. It was a complaint about fate and Fortuna, a goddess in Roman mythology and personification of luck. In 2037, it was modified to fit the requirements set forth by Emperor Prince I. It is still popularly sung in its new modified Latin version.
== Background ==
When Trevor Prince declared himself monarch of the Allied States, now the Imperial Alliance of America in 2035, he had a new constitution drafted and stated he wanted to have America the Beautiful replaced with an anthem which will represent the "Real New America." This was largely due to the fact that Canada and Baja California were part of the Empire, and not just a former US republic. He choose O Fortuna and ordered it to be modified to fit a set of requirements set forth by him.
When the song was officially made the anthem in 2037, Emperor Prince released a statement about the lyrics: "History has shown us that it has always been the Allied States versus the world, with the odds overwhelmingly against us. However, the same history has shown us that we have always taken our fate and made it our bitch! This song depicts that perfectly. We are done with the mild anthems which only tells us how beautiful our country is. We will make it clear to the next generations and the world, that this empire will stand for a thousand years, no matter how much is mustered against us."
== Lyrics ==
Only the first verse of the modified version is sung as the anthem, however, the entire song is as follows:
"Oh Fortune
so unexpected:
you are not fixed!
We are forever
and always
allied and ready!
No soothing oppression
will manipulate
to take our power.
We are masters of our own future!
Fate, originally against us
in war
virtue and health
does not weigh us down!
Destined to be enslaved
forever without delay;
we tell destiny off
and together make Fate
what we need it to be!"
== See also ==
*Imperial Alliance of America
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