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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nuvoletta opposta al sole
spesso il giorno adombra e vela
ma non cela il suo splendor.
 
Copre invan le basse arene
picciol rio col velo ondoso,
che rivela il fondo algoso
la chiarezza dell’umor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Nuvoletta opposta al sole", HelN 78 no. 25 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 25

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A small cloud", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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