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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
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.

Composition:

    Set to music by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Il nocchier che si figura", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ]

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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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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-24
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