Il nocchier, che si figura
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Il nocchier, che si figura
Ogni scoglio, ogni tempesta
Non si lagni se poi resta
Un mendico pescator.
Darsi in braccio ancor conviene
Qualche volta alla fortuna;
che sovente in ciò ch’avviene
la fortuna ha parte ancor.
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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Il nocchier, che si figura", HWV 29, from opera Ezio, no. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Il nocchier che si figura", 1755, first performed 1755 [ 2 oboes, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Il nocchier che si figura", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Let the helmsman who imagines", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Let the helmsman who imagines
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Let the helmsman who imagines
each treacherous rock
and each ocean storm,
not complain, if after all of that,
he must still reckon with a beggarly fisherman.
It is sometimes worthwhile to
trust oneself ever to fortune,
for often in unforeseen eventualities,
fortune plays her part.
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: 2018-08-16
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