Siam navi all'onde algenti
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Siam navi all'onde algenti
Lasciate in abbandono,
Impetuosi venti
I nostri affetti sono,
Ogni diletto è scoglio,
Tutta la vita è un mar.
Ben, qual nocchiero, in noi
veglia ragion; ma poi
pur dall'ondoso orgoglio
si lascia trasportar.
N. Vaccaj sets stanza 1
D. Cimarosa sets stanza 1
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", stanza 1 [ oboes, horns, strings, and tenor voice ], from opera L'Olimpiade, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", 1756, first performed 1756 [ 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Le volate", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", RV 725, first performed 1734 [ soprano and strings ], from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 38
We are ships on a chilly ocean
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
We are ships on a chilly ocean,
abandoned to our own devices;
our emotions are violent winds.
Every delight is like a rock;
all of life is a sea.
True, as does a helmsman,
Reason keeps watch at first;
But even she will then
let herself be carried away
by the waves of pride.
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Translations of title(s):
"Siam navi all'onde algenti" = "We are ships on a chilly sea"
"Le volate" = "For runs"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
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