Agitated by two winds | Agitated by two winds

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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Translation © by Steven Paul Spears

Agitata da due venti

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Agitata da due venti,
freme l'onda in mar turbato
e 'l nocchiero spaventato
già s'aspetta a naufragar.

Dal dovere da l'amore
combattuto questo core
non resiste e par che ceda
e incominci a desperar.

Text Authorship:

by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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 Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Agitata da due venti", RV 718 (1735), first performed 1735 [strings and soprano voice], from the opera Griselda [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Steven Paul Spears) , "Agitated by two winds", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Steven Paul Spears , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Agitated by two winds

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Agitated by two winds
trembling waves in the turbulent sea
and the frightened steersman
already awaits to be shipwrecked.
By duty and by love
this heart is assailed;
it cannot resist and seems to give up
and begins to despair.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)
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This text was added to the website: 2004-03-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 40