This requires a bit of a mental leap.
From
"Going up or coming down, it's hard both ways"
to
*O fortuna
velut luna
statu variabilis...
*Quoted from 'Fortuna, imperatrix mundi' (Fortune, empress of the world) from the collection of poems known as 'Carmina Burana'. It has been set to music by Carl Orff. Here is the cover of the score.
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