We are ships on a chilly ocean

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Le volate

(Sung text for setting by N. Vaccaj)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Siam navi all'onde algenti
Lasciate in abbandono,
Impetuosi venti
I nostri affetti sono,
Ogni diletto è scoglio,
Tutta la vita è un mar.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Nicola Vaccaj

Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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(Sung text translation for setting by N. Vaccaj)

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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.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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