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

Siam navi all'onde algenti
 (Sung text for setting by D. Cimarosa)
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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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Composition:

    Set to music by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", stanza 1 [ oboes, horns, strings, and tenor voice ], from opera L'Olimpiade, no. 1

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

  • 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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Word count: 38